It seems somewhat important to me to know if something was done because it looked pretty, was random or because there was an intent to reflect maths, science, planetary alignment etc.

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lo_zamoyski 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Whatever one might say about method, epistemically speaking, the aesthetic is prior to the mathematical. The mathematical is found in the analysis of the beautiful.

	▲	hammock an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Truth, beauty and goodness are known as the “transcendentals” for a reason. They are linked. They don’t come one after the other.

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rramadass 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Mathematics and Art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_and_art

Wikipedia on "Sagrada Família" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia (see "Geometric Details" section).

Gaudí used hyperboloid structures in later designs for Sagrada Família (more obviously after 1914). However, there are a few places on the nativity façade—a design not equated with Gaudí's ruled-surface design—where the hyperboloid appears.