Design Principles of Early Stone Pagodas in Ancient Korean Architecture: Case Studies on the Stone Pagodas at Chŏngnimsa and Kamŭnsa Buddhist Temples

Design Principles of Early Stone Pagodas in Ancient Korean Architecture: Case Studies on the Stone Pagodas at Chŏngnimsa and Kamŭnsa Buddhist Temples

Ancient books on East Asian mathematics introduced to the Korean Peninsula enrich our understanding of the arithmetic notions that mold the creative thought processes of the ancients. They believed that all objects in the universe could be composed of circles and squares and all items could be expre...

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Main Authors: Juhwan Cha, Young Jae Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
Jiuzhang Suanshu
Zhoubi Suanshu
stone pagodas at the Chŏngnimsa and Kamŭnsa Buddhist Temples
arithmetic proportional system
inscribed and circumscribed circles
the square root of 2 (√2)
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