The Agora of Asia Minor : the shaping of the non-material by the material in urban space
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Vyver, Yolanda | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Mare, Estelle Alma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-09T12:30:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-09T12:30:19Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2013 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Materiality to the Milesians was the ultimate state of being. To be was to be material and matter was the complete key to the nature of things. The Pythagoreans however, thought that mathematics and formulas could be applied to explain everything in the physical world and some tried to build the physical world out of spatial points. This article proposes to investigate the agora of Asia Minor, the birthplace of Milesian materiality, by considering the material, geographical motivation for its creation and ultimate demise, by investigating the abstract ratios and figures of non-material space as shaped by material form and structure and by commenting on Greek spatial intention. It further aims to offer a Pythagorean corrective to Milesian materialism through sensitivity to order and form. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Materialiteit was vir die Milete die uiteindelike wesenstoestand. Om te wees was om materieel te wees en materie was die volledige sleutel tot die aard van dinge. Die Pythagoreane het egter gedink dat wiskunde en formules toegepas kon word om alles in die fisiese wêreld te verduidelik en sommiges het probeer om die fisiese wêreld uit ruimtelike punte te bou. Hierdie artikel neem voor om die agora van Kleinasië, die geboorteplek van Miletiese materialiteit, te ondersoek deur die materiële, geografiese motivering vir sy skepping en uiteindelike verval in ag te neem, deur die abstrakte verhoudings en figure van die nie-materiële ruimte te ondersoek soos wat dit deur materiële vorm en struktuur gevorm word en en deur kommentaar te lewer oor Griekse ruimtelike bedoeling. Dit beoog verder om ‘n Pythagoreaanse korrektief tot Miletiese materialisme aan te bied deur sensitiwiteit tot orde en vorm te skep. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 19 Pages | en_ZA |
| dc.format.medium | en_ZA | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van der Vyver, Y 2013, 'The Agora of Asia Minor: the shaping of the non-material by the material in urban space', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 275-293. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0258-3542 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46877 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Art Historical Work Group of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | Art Historical Work Group of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Milesian materialism | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Pythagorean formulas explaining matter | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Urban spatial ratios | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Urban squares | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Art -- History | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Architecture -- History | |
| dc.title | The Agora of Asia Minor : the shaping of the non-material by the material in urban space | en_ZA |
| dc.title.alternative | Die Agora van Kleinasië : die vorming van die nie-materiële deur die materiële in stedelike ruimte | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |