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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 132

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the foot is the end of a 2.472 rectangle described in the centerof the 1.382 shape. This rectangle is composed of four whirling square rec-tangles; .618 multiplied by 4 equals 2.472. CG is one of these .618 rectangles.The compositional band at the base of the panelled picture, GH, is midwaybetween… … Fig. 16. Black-figured Amphora 06.1021.69, Metropolitan Museum, New York.(Measured and drawn by the Museum Staff.) DYNAMIC SYMMETRY 99

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