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Linguistica, 1985 Tisti, ki se ima za arhitekta, mora (med drugim) biti seznanjen z zvezdoslovjem in nebesnimi računi … Kajti v astrologiji (arhitekt) spozna … nebesni red.
Tine Kurent
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A short historical overview on the use of lead [PDF]
, 2018 This historical introduction to the use of lead in art and technology was originally written to give context to lead conservation studies by the authors.
Adriaens, Mieke +2 more
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Commenting on music in Juvenal's sixth satire
Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 541-562, September 2024.Abstract The satires of Juvenal were immensely popular in Renaissance Italy, printed in various forms over 70 times in the period 1469‐1520, and five times in 1501 alone. The satires contain a wealth of references to instruments, instrumentalists, and playing practices that are frequently used in double entendres connoting lewd acts and infidelity ...
Ciara O'Flaherty, Tim Shephard
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Marine concrete technology in Vitruvius’s De Architectura Libri Decem [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. ConstructiiVitruvius’s De Architectura Libri Decem is a treatise on architecture dating to the onset of the Pax Romana. It covers the design and practice to erect private and public buildings including marine structures.
Lino Bianco
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Review of Henry S. Turner, \u3ci\u3eThe English Renaissance Stage: Geometry, Poetics, and the Practical Spatial Arts, 1580–1630\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2006 In The English Renaissance Stage: Geometry, Poetics, and the Practical Spatial Arts, Henry Turner argues that English stage practice emerged out of practical geometry and related mechanical arts.
Spiller, Elizabeth
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Perceptual axioms are irreconcilable with Euclidean geometry
European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 4217-4223, August 2024.We demonstrate in this work a fundamental distinction between the logic of the visual perceptual system and the cognitive (mathematical) one. We provide evidence that perceptual axioms, though known to be true perceptually, cannot be mathematically described or reconciled with Euclidean geometry. These findings challenge previous assumptions that these
Semir Zeki +3 more
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, 2015 Mannerist architects in the Cinquecento created what can be called “tropic architecture.” They set out to break the rules of classical architecture, but the rule-breaking was done systematically, by applying rhetorical tropes, or figures of speech, to ...
Hendrix, John S
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The sinews of war: ancient catapults [PDF]
, 2004 Although they were probably already used in ancient Mesopotamia, catapults became increasingly common in the Mediterranean area from the 4th century B.C.
Cuomo, Serafina
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 375-395, July/August 2024.Abstract A spring tunnel is an ancient water installation used to artificially increase the water yield of a spring through a subterranean tunnel. We have developed a database of 216 spring tunnels documented in the central region of the Southern Levant (present‐day Israel), constructed between Iron Age II and the modern era.
Azriel Yechezkel +4 more
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Urban Science, 2018 In the cities of post-industrialized countries, renovation is the main part of building construction activity and has a major urban impact. Measuring this ongoing phenomenon and its distribution is of great usefulness for municipality urban planning and ...
Filipe J. S. Brandão +2 more
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