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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 129

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64and this fraction divided into 1.618 equals 2.118, the area of the shape CE inthe analysis of the vase. This arithmetic method may be readily applied to anyconstruction or analysis, provided the larger units are known, as, of course, theyaways are in dynamic symmetry. Fig. 7. In Fig. 7 the 1.309… … Fig. 8. Pelike 06.1021.191, Metropolitan Museum, New York. A large simple pelike, 06.1021.191 in the Metropolitan Museum, New York,Fig. 8, is a theme in the often occurring rectangle 1.382. This vase suppliesmaterial which sheds considerable light on Greek design practice. The width of the lip…

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