n of the width ofthe foot to the lip is apparent. This area in the center of the 1.309 shape is ex-pressed by the ratio 2.118, a fairly common form in Greek design. Arithmeti-cally, this ratio may be written 2.236, or root-five, divided by 2, or 1.118; tothis ratio a square or unity is added,… … Fig. 3. Red-figured Pelike G. R. 580, Metropolitan Museum, New York. actually used because the fraction .118 expresses the area of the elevation ofthe foot; the area FE in the analysis being root-four or two squares. Consider the rectangle 1.309, divided as described, and without reference tothe…
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