The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”

The Vitruvius'word symmetria is usually translated as the symmetry in English, or  simetrija in Yugoslav languages, or la simmetria, la symétrie, die Symmetrie, etc. in other European languages (1). This is linguistically correct, but since the word means today something else than in Roman tim...

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Main Author: Tine Kurent
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 1979-12-01
Series:Linguistica
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4893
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spelling doaj-abe5a450eb7a48e2b5f5a6a4781d38d42020-11-24T22:26:13ZdeuZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Linguistica0024-39222350-420X1979-12-01191The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”Tine Kurent The Vitruvius'word symmetria is usually translated as the symmetry in English, or  simetrija in Yugoslav languages, or la simmetria, la symétrie, die Symmetrie, etc. in other European languages (1). This is linguistically correct, but since the word means today something else than in Roman times, the whole passages of Vitruvius are obscured. The vitruvian symmetria means "modular sizes" or “standard measures" (2). Today, the word means the composition of an image with its mirror reflection or, according to Webster, the correspondence in size, shape and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median line (3). https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4893The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”
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title The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”
title_short The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”
title_full The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”
title_fullStr The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”
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publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
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publishDate 1979-12-01
description The Vitruvius'word symmetria is usually translated as the symmetry in English, or  simetrija in Yugoslav languages, or la simmetria, la symétrie, die Symmetrie, etc. in other European languages (1). This is linguistically correct, but since the word means today something else than in Roman times, the whole passages of Vitruvius are obscured. The vitruvian symmetria means "modular sizes" or “standard measures" (2). Today, the word means the composition of an image with its mirror reflection or, according to Webster, the correspondence in size, shape and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median line (3).
topic The Vitruvian symmetria means “modular sizes”
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4893
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