How did notions of the trinity of Harmony, Nature and God inform principles of Aesthetics is the Classical World? Your essay should reference Vitruvian and Platonic Trinitarian concepts amongst others contemporary theories of beauty, such as circles and squares.
How did symbols of the trinity give an essential principle to the Classical World?
Introduction
‘A natural consequence of awareness of our harmonious relationship with God’- John Boyd-Brent. This quote by John Boy-Brent allows us to see that all three aspects of Harmony, Nature and God work together as one in the Classical World. It was as if God created Nature to work in Harmony this is reflected in Classical Architecture. In this essay it explores all aspects.
Paragraph 1: Harmony and proportions
Harmony and proportions regards the mathematical sequence or geometrical figure in aesthetics in architecture. Harmony defined by Leon Batista Alberti can be found by taking two opposites finding a midpoint in between he uses the example of a robust, manly girl
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A circle, in classical roman architecture represents Heaven and the sky whereas a square represents the ground and Earth, and representation of this is the Pantheon in Rome where there is a circle shaped hole in the centre of the circular roof, connecting God and Heaven to the Earth. Most buildings in the Classical World have some relation to the Gods. Gods were worshiped in the classical period, religion was not the same as it is now. It was a crucial part of the lives of patrons of society, people of the Classical period would be constantly making sacrifices and constructing buildings dedicated to their Gods and Goddess. An example of a God/Goddess in the Classical World is the sanctuary of Artemis. Caryae women would worship Artemis, whose name appears to mean religious chastity, would sacrifice a lock of their hair to their Artemis shortly before