Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

Otto Georg von Simson on Geometry, Music and Gothic Architecture:

http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog/1850497/geometry-music-and-gothic-architecture/

Also on proportion, see the Nurenberg goldsmith Hans Schmuttermayer’s Filialenbuchelin published at Nurenberg in 1489:

http://forschung.gnm.de/ressourcen/bibliothek/01_htm/inc36045.htm

The photograph above of the Baptistery is a clear example of just how badly wrong things can go when elements are introduced into a Gothic context without knowing or applying or indeed in complete oblivion to(which is to be suspected in this case) the laws of proportion and harmony not only of the building itself but of all its parts and in their interrelationship.