Q the Classical Architecture of Columns, the Acanthus Leaves, Vitruvian Man, and Reconstructing the Green Man

Ten Books of Architecture, De Architectura - Vitruvius

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The Sacred Tree or the Tree in Religion and Myth

Plato. ca 429-347 BC. Greek philosopher.

"Let no man ignorant of geometry enter here." Inscribed above the door Plato's Academy in Athens.

Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.

The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.

Then, my noble friend, geometry will draw the soul towards truth, and create the spirit of philosophy, and raise up that which is not unhappily allowed to fall down.

The Republic, VII, 52.

Doing the Impossible: Squaring the Circle

Vitruvian Man Handled - Joe Dubs

Robert Edward Grant - Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man Indicates the Perfect Squaring Area of the Circle

Derived from the geometry of a seashell, this piece is inspirational because something so small and seemingly insignificant was used to design volutes and even spiral staircases. Nature was used as a design in creating architectural works.