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Dynamic symmetry; the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924, Yale University. Rutherford Trowbridge memorial publication fund · New Haven, Conn., and New York city, Yale university press; [etc., etc.] · leaf 43

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26 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY the major square are carefully incised in the stone by four bars, two of which have slight pointed projections on either end. The general construction was that of a in Fig. 12. Spacing for additional elements of the design is shown in c. Fig. 12, while b. Fig. 12, exhibits the… … Fig. 14. Another bas-relief from Egypt shows also how a square which is defined by bars cut in the stone at the top and bottom of the composition has its area dynamically divided for a pictorial composition. In this example the designer ^ has used a root-five rectangle in the center of a square,…

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