Golden Ratio

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Golden Ratio

Throughout history, the ratio for length to width of rectangles of 1.61803 39887 49894
84820 has been considered the most pleasing to the eye. This ratio was named the
golden ratio by the Greeks. In the world of mathematics, the numeric value is called
“phi”, named for the Greek sculptor Phidias.

Nature:
Spider Web

A mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from
its spinnerets and used to trap insects. A tiny, yellow feather is caught in a spider’s web.
Although it is rather asymmetrical in its design and difficult to measure photographically
because of parallax distortions. Why are the spider web including in golden ratio
because look at first the design of spider web those space of web is getting longer each
other’s space.
Notre Dame
Notre Dame in Paris, which was built in between 1163 and 1250 appears to have
golden ratio proportions in a number of its key proportions of design. Although it is
rather asymmetrical in its design and difficult to measure photographically because of
parallax distortions, the golden ratio lines of the green, blue and red rectangles conform
closely to the major architectural lines, which represent:

Red – Vertical height of base at ground level: Top of first level: Top of second floor
Blue – Vertical height of base of second level: Top of second level: Top of third level
Green – Horizontal width of outside of left top section: Inside of top right section:
Outside of top right section:
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar
It has been noted as a self-portrayal of subtle and somber qualities, a work in which may be seen "the
stresses and strains of a life compounded of creative triumphs and personal and financial reverses".

Year: 1659 Type Oil on canvas


Dimensions: 84.4 cm × 66 cm (33.2 in × 26 in)
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He
is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most
important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden
Age... Source: Wikipedia: Rembrandt.

Golden rectangle
A golden rectangle is a rectangle whose side lengths are in the golden ratio, one-to-phi, that is,
approximately 1:1.618. A distinctive feature of this shape is that when a square section is removed, the
remainder is another golden rectangle, that is, with the same proportions as the first. Square removal can
be repeated infinitely, which leads to an approximation of the golden or Fibonacci spiral.

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