Harmony Was the Greek Language of Beauty

The Greeks believed beauty could be measured.

To the ancient Greeks, architecture was never only about appearance.

It was about harmony.

They believed all that existed in nature, in the human body, and in the world around them followed proportion.

Proportion was never decoration.

It was truth.

The rhythm of structure, the relationships between elements, everything was designed to feel balanced because, to the Greeks, harmony was the true language of beauty.

By Roy Boustani

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