Rhythm

Rhythm in visual arts is an attribute of any object that is marked by a systematic recurrence of elements having recognizable relationships between them. In Architecture, much of the effects of a building will depend on the harmony, the simplicity, and the power of these rhythmical relationships.

There are three types of rhythms: 1. of shapes, 2. of dimensions, and 3. of differences.

Through the history, rhythm has always been, since Greeks and to the modern world, ornaments were the way to express the needs by shadows, relief, or vertical lines of wall panels, to create rhythm.




 * [[image:patrimoniocultural11/parthenon-and-the-acropolis-landmark-1.jpg width="480" height="376"]] || The picture shows the Parthenon of Athens. It is a temple constructed by the Greeks. The Parthenon has an obviously rhythm in the columns, making a repetion of those vertical elements around the structure.

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