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‘For the Renaissance architect, geometry was important for plan and elevation for two reasons. It provided him with a repertory of shapes which symbolised the Godhead. Aided by mathematics, it provided him with shapes which were numerically rational* and therefore beautiful. Today, we know that the human eye cannot perceive intricate relationships between shapes and volumes, and we doubt whether beauty is the direct result of mathematics. For the Renaissance, the mathematical was beautiful.’

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** – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 4:] 629

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