A recurring geometrical pattern in the early renaissance imagination
Laurence Cummings
In 15th century Italy, a group of new imaginative devices appeared which we recognize as typifying what call the Reinaissance, many share common, usually hidden characteristic— meeting or crossing axes information at focal point in turn radiates its power outward into circular pattern. This quasisymmetrical motif appears artistic theory, certain paintings, plans and details architecture, renovations townscapes, planning towns, political tendencies, philosophical theological beliefs. On deep level, it becomes one hallmarks much contemporary later human expression.
Computers & Mathematics with Applications