Theory
Concinnitas
Explore in the Atlas →Alberti's term for beauty: the harmonious agreement of parts such that nothing could be added, taken away, or altered except for the worse; grounds proportion in arithmetical and musical ratios.
Proportion Meaning Tectonics
Details
- Introduced
- Renaissance (c. 1443–52)
Referenced by
- De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building in Ten Books) articulates
- Leon Battista Alberti proposed
Sources
- Alberti. On the Art of Building in Ten Books. MIT Press, 1988.
- Tavernor. On Alberti and the Art of Building. 1998.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Concinnitas." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/concinnitas/. Accessed July 17, 2026.