As man is the image of God, and the proportions of his body are produced by divine will, so the proportions in architecture have to embrace ana express the cosmic order, But what are the laws of this cosmic order, what are the mathematical ratios that determine the harmony in macrocosm and microcosm?
(ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
IN THE AGE OF HUMANISM)
Alasdair Clayre reflects on RUDOLF WITTKOWER 'S re-discovery of Renaissance theories about architecture and its relation to music. With contributions from SIR ERNST GOMBRICH, SIR DENYS LASDUN , SAM CAR
TER, IAN FENLON , ANDREW PARROTT , ROGER SCRUTON and MARGOT WITTKOWER Reader GABRIEL WOOLF Producer JUDITH BUMPUS