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Proportion (architecture)
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<p>Proportion is a central principle of <a href="/facts/Architectural_theory/AUvIHk5W">architectural theory</a> and an important connection between <a href="/facts/Mathematics_and_art/kT01G7la">mathematics and art</a>. It is the visual effect of the relationship of the various objects and spaces that make up a structure to one another and to the whole. These relationships are often governed by multiples of a standard unit of length known as a "module". </p><p>Proportion in architecture was discussed by <a href="/facts/Vitruvius/IVnqcSzv">Vitruvius</a>, <a href="/facts/Leon_Battista_Alberti/CykJ6jJQ">Leon Battista Alberti</a>, <a href="/facts/Andrea_Palladio/Ys2dTuYU">Andrea Palladio</a>, and <a href="/facts/Le_Corbusier/uVvg2nGU">Le Corbusier</a> among others. </p>