Anne Bulckens’ Analysis of the Proportions of the Parthenon and its Meanings

Year: 2002 Authors: Jay Kappraff

Core claim

The Parthenon’s dimensions can be reduced to a coherent integer module system whose proportions encode Pythagorean musical fifths and pentatonic relations.

Topics

Parthenon proportions, Pythagorean tuning, architectural numerology, pentatonic scale

Domains

ratio and proportion, geometric mean, integer measurement system, musical intervals, architecture, classical heritage, architectural history

Methods

proportional analysis, module-based measurement, historical interpretation, comparative reference

Media

Parthenon, cella, stylobate, frieze

Source status

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