The ceilings of the Shah Mosque in Isfahan Iran, Ely Cathedral in England, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China and the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain.pic.twitter.com/mIB3qd9avF
Radial symmetry is a universally reliable indicator of artistic virtuosity.
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True! Also interesting cross-cultural representation of the divine as a point upon which everything converges
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Or perhaps it is because domes are the engineers way to create large spaces without columns when the longest beam you have is a tree-trunk.
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