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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 109

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e point F, the base of themeander band under the composition, is the center of one of these squares.The error, due to distortion, is shown by the lip at the top of the rectangle. The scheme of the large dinos and stand, page 83, is a square plus a root-fiverectangle, theratio being 1.4472, the… … Fig. 7. Nolan Amphora 12.236.2 Metropolitan Museum, New York.(Measured and drawn by the Museum Staff.) 82 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY the plan of the Parthenon. Thfi-generalj^eme in this case is a division of 1.4472by four. One-fourth of 1.4472 is .3618. This ratio of .3618 is the reciprocal of2.764.…

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