The Divine Proportion

Also known as the Golden Section

Is where the ratio of the whole line (A) to the large segment (B)
is the same as
the ratio of the large segment (B) to the small segment (C).
 The Divine Proportion in Nature

There are many examples of the Golden Section or Divine Proportion in nature.

The eye, fins and tail all fall at golden sections of

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the length of a dolphin's body.

The dimensions of the dorsal fin are golden
sections   (yellow and green). The thickness of the
dolphin's tail section corresponds to same golden
section of the line from head to tail.

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The eye-like markings of this

moth fall at golden sections of
the lines that mark its width The spiral growth of sea
and length. shells provide a simple,
but beautiful, example . . .
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 The Divine Proportion

Its use may have started

in Egypt with the building
of the Pyramids.

The Greeks referred to it as the “dividing line

between mean and the extreme” and used it
in architecture for balance and beauty.

Renaissance artists were the first to refer

to it as the Divine Proportion and used in
art for beauty and balance.