The classical forms in architecture are closely related to music and harmony thanks to mathematics, as for beauty we can observe how it is in the symmetry and the balance of forms, if we apply these rules we will always obtain in a certain way a Beautiful composition, there are many professional fields that are guided by these notions of balance and harmony.
The development of the classical forms was conditioned by the studies of geometry and mathematics, but also by the methods and constructive materials, these being a determining factor of the result of the classic architecture, that is to say that in power what we know as modern architecture could have occurred in the classical era if the methods to create steel and other materials had been discovered at that time, then the paradigm would change completely.
This development was not carried out in that era by the circumstances, the ideology of the time and that of the investigators who tried to calm the wrath of the gods by means of the construction of massive temples and statues that protected the inhabitants of the city, with this Example we can see how once the fear and irrationality brought by religious dogmas are a wall of contention for technological advances, humanity and its development has been stopped to maintain a social agenda and keep the ruling classes in their privileged positions.
We can imagine the classics building their temples in the style of Mies Van der Rohe or Le Corbusier thanks to the liberation of the dogmas and oppressor classes, but we know that this is not the truth, maybe in an alternative universe but not in this one at least. If on the one hand we can see that the classic forms do indeed offer a visual stability and a sense of power, on the other hand they subtract interior lighting and give a darker character to the building. The open composition of Le Corbusier offers a lighter building full of light that invites you to visit and stay.
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