At the beginning of 20th century, in the United States of America, some treatise about the diffusion of scientific knowledge, about the notion of space and time, and on the fourth dimension were published. The authors were mathematicians only in some cases. Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) [1], a valued architect and stage designer, quoted in the renowned book of American Architectural History “The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History” (John Burchard and Albert Bush-Brown, 1961), published a chain of essays, books and articles about the higher space geometries and related visualization. The present paper investigates the connections and consequences among the issues that concern the understanding and construction of space in four dimensions and its application in Bragdon’s architectural projects.
CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON, ARCHITECT. THE FOURTH DIMENSION EXPOSED / Capanna, Alessandra. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 52-54. (Intervento presentato al convegno APLIMAT 2017.16° Conference on applied Matjematics tenutosi a Bratislava nel january 31 - February 2).
CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON, ARCHITECT. THE FOURTH DIMENSION EXPOSED
CAPANNA, ALESSANDRA
2017
Abstract
At the beginning of 20th century, in the United States of America, some treatise about the diffusion of scientific knowledge, about the notion of space and time, and on the fourth dimension were published. The authors were mathematicians only in some cases. Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) [1], a valued architect and stage designer, quoted in the renowned book of American Architectural History “The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History” (John Burchard and Albert Bush-Brown, 1961), published a chain of essays, books and articles about the higher space geometries and related visualization. The present paper investigates the connections and consequences among the issues that concern the understanding and construction of space in four dimensions and its application in Bragdon’s architectural projects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
