L’art et le nombre. antiquité the cult objects

the cult objects

and addresses a wide range of themes: the different uses of camelids

while being perfect only in the wise

Memling and Veronese

L’art et le nombre. antiquité the cult objectsNumbers are, in Pythagorean thought, the "stuff" of the universe, the principles that govern all things. The work of art is no exception to this observation: it is based on rhythm and proportions, consequently on number, and this is even more evident when a number is at the center of its subject, historical or fictional. This work considers the way in which artistic representation is governed by the number of elements it contains, objects, characters,