Monday, November 24, 2008

Temple door - detail (magic square)

The Sagrada Familia magic square (a recurrent symbol) adds up to 33 (the age of Christ at the time of the Passion).

Detaliu de pe o usa - un motiv care se tot repeta in Sagrada Familia - patrat "magic". Constanta acestui patrat este 33, varsta pe care o avea Iisus in momentul Patimii.

Passion facade - left


Passion facade - left, originally uploaded by GreenDjinn.

Judas. Notice the snake and the magic square.

Fatada Patimilor, in stanga - Iuda. A se observa sarpele si patratul "magic".

Mars


Mars, originally uploaded by SLIP_42_ROK.

Magic square type amulet on stone

British Museum

Magic square type talisman


Magic square type talisman, originally uploaded by SLIP_42_ROK.

British Museum
Magic square type talisman mixed with verses of the Koran

Magic square type talisman


Magic square type talisman, originally uploaded by SLIP_42_ROK.

British Museum

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magic square detail of main door on the passion façade (by josep maria subirachs), la sagrada família - l'eixample, barcelona

UNESCO World Heritage Site - Works of Antoni Gaudí

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magic squares, la sagrada família - l'eixample, barcelona

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Quadrato magico

Quadrato magico, originally uploaded by cuocatittina.

Quadrato magico che si trova sulla facciata della chiesa di San Pietro ad Oratorium

Friday, November 7, 2008

Sagrada Familia Magic Square, Again

cube-of-magic-squares


cube-of-magic-squares, originally uploaded by d-cecil.

One way to have a cube of squares.

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Pop up almost fully extended to 180 degrees.

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Idea from the book "The Elements of Pop-Up" by D. Carter & J. Diaz. A 180 degree angle fold (of V-fold) cube (sides at 45 degree angles to the center fold of the white backer board).

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dea from the book "The Elements of Pop-Up" by D. Carter & J. Diaz. A 180 degree parallel cube (sides parallel & perpendicular to the center fold of the yellow backer board).

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This view is in a darkened room. A small battery operated tea light was installed in the tetrahedron.

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This view is in a lighted room.

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A larger tetrahedron that that used in the illuminated pictures.

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Numbers not cut out but colored.

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A magic 5-triangle with 3 mountain folds and 4 valley folds in this V-fold pop up card. No backer board used. A normal magic N-triangle uses the numbers 1,2,3, ..., 3*(N-1) once and only once. The sum of any one side of the triangle must equal the sum of any other side of the triangle.

Sagrada Familia Magic Square Explained

magic-square-5by5


magic-square-5by5, originally uploaded by d-cecil.

A magic square of size 5 by 5 with each of the integers 1,2,...,25 used exactly once and all row, column & diagonal sums equaling 65. This magic square is called the Agrippa magic square.

magic-square-5by5, view 2


magic-square-5by5, view 2, originally uploaded by d-cecil.

In this type of magic square of size N by N the integers 1,2,...N*N are used exactly one time each. The sum of the entries in any column, or any row, or either of the two diagonals must be the same.

magic-square-4by4


magic-square-4by4, originally uploaded by d-cecil.

A magic square of size 4 by 4 with each of the integers 1,2,...,16 used exactly once and all row, column & diagonal sums equaling 34.

All numbers add up.


All numbers add up. , originally uploaded by Mr. Butler.

It's the magic square!

Magic square

Magic square, originally uploaded by Valeria.Zolotoreva.