Architecture and mathematics in ancient Egypt

Corinna Rossi

In this fascinating study, architect and Egyptologist Corinna Rossi analyses the relationship between mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt by exploring the use of numbers and geometrical figures in ancient architectural projects and buildings. While previous architectural studies have searched for abstract 'universal rules' to explain the history of Egyptian architecture, Rossi attempts to reconcile the different approaches of archaeologists, architects and historians of mathematics into a single coherent picture. Using a study of a specific group of monuments, the pyramids, and placing them in the context of their cultural and historical background, Rossi argues that theory and practice of construction must be considered as a continuum, not as two separated fields, in order to allow the original planning process of a building to re-emerge. Highly illustrated with plans, diagrams and figures, this book is essential reading for all scholars of Ancient Egypt and the architecture of ancient cultures.

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[目次]

  • Part I. Proportions in Ancient Egyptian Architecture: 1. In search of 'the rule' for Ancient Egyptian Architecture
  • 2. Mathematics and architecture in Ancient Egypt
  • Part II. Ancient Egyptian Sources: Construction and Representation of Space: 3. Documents on the planning and building process
  • 4. Foundation rituals
  • Part III. The Geometry of Pyramids: 5. Symbolic shape and constructional problems
  • 6. The proportions of pyramids
  • 7. Pyramids and triangles
  • Overview.

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書名 Architecture and mathematics in ancient Egypt
著作者等 Rossi, Corinna
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2007, c2003
版表示 1st pbk. ed
ページ数 xxii, 280 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 9780521690539
NCID BA8313194X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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