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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 117

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A BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA FROM THE BOSIOX MUSEUM These early black-figureti vases rank among the liest designs the Greeks evermade. The adjustment of the human motif to the shape theme is superb DYNAMIC SYMMETRY 85 … Fig. 12. A Perfume Vase in the Boston Museum.(Measured and drawn by L. D. Caskey.) is also the side of a square constructed in the whirling square rectangle CD.This is shown by the point F, the center of the whirling square rectangle DE.The effect upon the proportions of the top of the vase of the…

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