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The Golden Ratio in Art
Drawing heavily fromThe Golden Ratio
By Marco Livio
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A few pictures from Google Images...
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A few pictures from Google Images...
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A few pictures from Google Images...
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When did it all start?Babylonian times?
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When did it all start?Babylonian times?
Doubtful.
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Ancient Egypt?
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Ancient Egypt?
Probably not.
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When did it all start?The Greeks!
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When did it all start?The Greeks!
Pentagons, pentagrams and Golden Triangles
AD/DB = DB/BC = phiAB/AC = AC/BC = phi
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When did it all start?The Greeks!
Pentagons, pentagrams and Golden Triangles
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Icosahedra and dodecahedra
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And so begins the numerology...
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What about Greek architecture?
The Parthenon?
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Moving ahead to the 13th century
H/W=phi? H/W=phi? H/W=phi?
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Moving ahead to the 13th century
H/W=1.55 H/W=1.59 H/W=1.73
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Luca Pacioli (1445-1517)
Painting by Jocopo de' Barbari circoa 1473
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The Divine Proportion
Written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci
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The Divine Proportion
Written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
● “St. Jerome”: 1483 ● Earlier “Madonna on the Rocks”: ~1484● “Head of an old man” sketch: ~1490● Work on The Divine Proportion: ~1497● “Mona Lisa”: ~1504● Later “Madonna on the Rocks”: 1506
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
“Head of an old man” sketch
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
“Mona Lisa”
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
“Madonna on the Rocks” (1506)
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“Arlequin” by Gris
The Cubists:Juan Gris (1887-1927)
Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973)
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Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
The Modulor
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Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
The Modulor
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Salvador Dali (1904–1989)
“Sacrament of the Last Supper”
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Is the Golden Ratio actually aesthetically pleasing?
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One last thought from Google images...