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I love patterns and I love colour -
and I love their derivation in
music and mathematics!
I can't tell you how happy I was to be in colours again when I was released from hospital. Here's a corner of my corners
moving slowly on (the "slow road", Paddy)... and hoping to go to Cirque du Soleil tomorrow...
The Scottish Rite Temple was the precursor of Art Deco in Miami. Ahead of their time, the architects’ avant-garde modernist project was to become the first Art Deco building in Miami.
The building is a rare example of Egyptian influence architecture in Miami. Egyptian features were a global trend at the time after the archaeological discovery of Tutankhamun’s intact tomb in 1922 which sparked a sudden flourish of Egyptomania worldwide. Art Deco is considered to be an eclectic form of elegant and stylish modernism, which has been influenced by a wide range of sources. Among them were the arts of Africa, Ancient Egypt, and Aztec Mexico. Art Deco also drew on mathematics, such as geometry; also
on so-called streamline technology, modern aviation, electric lighting, the radio, ocean liners and the
skyscraper for inspiration.
The Scottish Rite Temple was built to the requirements of the Scottish Rite association, however, it has held different functions throughout the years. Especially during the Depression years, the temple was leased to other companies to help support and maintain it.
The “Federal Theater” leased the property
to show silent movies for a period of time, then “The Miami Playhouse Group” used the temple for live
plays, and it was leased out for church events on weekends, from regular services to wedding
ceremonies. Today, the property is underused and in need of repairs to be able to accommodate other
functions besides the regular Masonic ceremonies.
The principal elevation of the building is characterized by four stylized Doric columns dividing the main
façade into three bays.
The columns extend to a height of two stories and are capped by a stylized entablature bearing the name of the building as an inscription: “Scottish Rite.” There are four stylized
sculptural eagles which surmount the entablature atop the placement of each column axis below.
Behind the eagles is visible a gable end roof. The building’s configuration presents a “T” shape plan with
a projecting lower wing to the northeast. The principal elevation of the wing is characterized by a
colonnade delineated by similar stylized Doric columns and an articulated masonry entablature.
The principal roof of the building is a ziggurat-shape mass that is capped by a stylized cupola. The walls of
the building are clad in smooth stucco.
The building is accessible by way of a set of masonry steps leading from the sidewalk level. The steps
span the width of the main façade and emphasize the Grecian overtones in the styling. The greater
part of the fenestration has been replaced by awning-type windows set in aluminum frames. A masonry
dentil course wraps around the perimeter of the building at the height of the entablature.
The auditorium is undoubtedly the most outstanding interior space. With a seating capacity of 700
persons the auditorium is composed , in addition to the main floor, of two major balconies and two
small balconies. Under the ziggurat roof is a dome from which is suspended a magnificent chandelier;
the four columns that support the dome have large light panels featuring the emblems of the Order.
The stage is large enough to accommodate extensive theatrical productions and is equipped with all
necessary equipment including a complete electrical switchboard to control all of the lighting effects.
The building was badly damaged by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, therefore completely restored at a cost
of $2.7 million. The most impressive restoration work was the fifty hand-painted backdrops decorating
the stage for historic tableaus used in the Rite’s symbolic degree ceremonies. During the restoration an
orchestra pit was discovered under the floor of the auditorium; 700 new seats and a new sound system
were also installed. A Skinner pipe organ adds up to the list of features.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
egov.ci.miami.fl.us/legistarweb/attachments/71420.pdf
www.emporis.com/buildings/396404/scottish-rite-masonic-ce...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revival_architecture
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As I walked through the produce section, I stopped in amazement when I spotted the broccoli romanesque. I knew immediately that it was an example in nature of a fractal pattern.
You can read more in my blog about the Mathematics of Life
When I'm not looking for examples of math, you can find me on Twitter
According to the web, "Sunflowers are more than just beautiful food -- they're also a mathematical marvel. The pattern of seeds within a sunflower follows the Fibonacci sequence, or 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...1 If you remember back to math(s) class, each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers."
For more information on the many spirals, see momath.org/home/fibonacci-numbers-of-sunflower-seed-spirals/
Chosen mainly for the arch of the bridge, but also for all those windows & the arch design in the brickwork.
7DOS texture
Whilst a calculator may not be necessary for this level of high end mathematics, it does come in handy as a useful accessory.
And another bit of addition, the yellow and blue shirts equal the green shirts.
We're Here looks at Calculators and Calculating today.
HDR edit/mono conversion to rescue flat, dull lighting.
The Mathematical Bridge is the popular name of a wooden footbridge in the southwest of central Cambridge, United Kingdom. It bridges the River Cam about one hundred feet northwest of Silver Street Bridge and connects two parts of Queens' College. (Wikipedia)
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Student at Kibera,
Nairobi city, Kenya.
Heute musste Tim mal wieder für mich modeln... :)
Zwei Fotos mit dem 100mm Macro geschossen und in PS zusammengefügt. Das Foto vom Rechenheft habe ich gespiegelt, da man ja quasi "hindurchblickt".
Strobist info:
1x yn 568 EX II, triggered by rf622, through small umbrella from cam left, very close distance. ETTL mode.
"The Mathematical River" - sign which was installed on the old Leamington Lift Bridge as part of a celebration of two centuries of the Union Canal.
Read the true story of the Mathematical Bridge.
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The exterior courtyard of the new Mathematical institute in Oxford. I think the pattern on the floor was something mathematical related.
Paris, 2005
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Inside the Mathematics Institute at Oxford. We were privileged to be given a tour of this extraordinary building. Very Escher like in it's communications corridors - except they all go somewhere! Full of light which is channelled to the different floors via glass crystal shaped structures which give fabulous reflections. It is an amazing structure. What a place for some of the best brains to flourish!!!
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Acufine 1+0
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Scan from negative film
Inside the Mathematics Institute at Oxford. We were privileged to be given a tour of this extraordinary building. Very Escher like in it's communications corridors - except they all go somewhere! Full of light which is channelled to the different floors via glass crystal shaped structures which give fabulous reflections. It is an amazing structure. What a place for some of the best brains to flourish!!!
The oxymoronic absurdity of freezing vital nature in three dimensional symmetry (sculpture) was in the past an act of skill often considered related to the divine. (Conversely, symmetry has sometimes been seen as representative of the demonic.) The camera and alchemic fast film changed everything (and now have the nostalgic niche appeal of analogue). We can present a two dimensional simulacrum of the instantaneous and through digital software produce a three dimensional version derived from human understanding of the interaction of the rules of physics and mathematics. There are so many differing variations of the concept of symmetry, which I treat as forever notional.