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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 121

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also the width of the foot.The area QJ is a shape similar to double the shape of the whole, and the widthof the foot is one half the width of the whole, that is, the area OJ is expressedby the ratio 1.764, this being .882 multiplied by two. The square EG bears aratio relationship to the width of… … A LARGE BELL KRATER WITH LUG HANDLES,MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON This vase is known as the Actaeon Krater DYNAMIC SYMMETRY 89 .882 shape HO, the base of the meander band MN is fixed and the area NQ is a.382 rectangle. The points O and P are intersections of the diagonals of thesquare FG with the…

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