Baroque oval churches: innovative geometrical patterns in early modern sacred architecture

DOI10.1007/S00004-015-0252-XzbMATH Open1326.00049OpenAlexW1012466317WikidataQ60620038 ScholiaQ60620038MaRDI QIDQ895567FDOQ895567

Authors: Sylvie Duvernoy 

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0252-x

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zbMATH Keywords

central spaceItalian baroqueoval churchesreligious architecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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