While dipping into an eclectic palette of motifs and materials, Marx managed to maintain unity through geometry and harmonious proportions.
In the ancient Mediterranean world, sculptors calculated a "canon" of perfect human proportions, mirrored in its turn by the harmonious proportions of Greek and Roman temples.
Pulchritudo, he asserts, is derived from harmonious proportions that are comparable to those that exist in music and are the essence of the pleasure created by architecture.
His best-known work is the Petit Trianon at Versailles, which is universally famous for its harmonious proportions and elegant, Palladian-inspired lines.
Built in the style of the cathedrals of northern France, the choir, which is of exceptional height, has pleasingly harmonious proportions.
In its harmonious proportions and its fluid incorporation of decorative elements, the Taj Mahal is distinguished as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a blend of Indian, Persian, and Islamic styles.
The exterior, composed with the harmonious proportions of the golden section, is in green-tinged matt glass, intended as a foil to the reddish stone of the old building.
Responding to initial criticism of "Faune," Rodin wrote in a Paris newspaper: "Nijinsky is distinguished by a perfect body, harmonious proportions and the extraordinary ability to translate various emotions into movement".
Teachers compared the harmonious proportions of classical Greek statues to the social equilibrium achieved in Athens in the fourth century BC, and linked Picasso's Guernica to the horrors of the Spanish civil war.
Also free are the 500-year-old Beyazit Mosque (Beyazit Square, 90-212-519-3644), one of the city's oldest Ottoman mosques, and the iconic Sultanahmet Mosque (Meydani Sokak 17, 90-212-518-1319), revered for its harmonious proportions and intricately painted interiors.
