Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 508
at the proportions of the monument are nearer perfection themore closely the conditions of this standard or type are observed.The façade of Notre Dame of Paris, for example, is inscribed in anequilateral triangle, whose base is the distance between the axes ofthe Uyo outer buttresses, and whose… … Description de FÉgi/pte, abundantly prove that the great Pyramid ofCheops at Gizeh is designed upon this form. Let us examine theirdémonstration. 4-2-2 DISCOUKSES OX AKCHITECTURE. If we divide tlie Plutarchian, or ratlier the Pythagorean triangleABC, Avhose sides are in the ratio of 3, 4, and 5,…
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