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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 139

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a simplesquare and the elements of the vase are proportioned by the dynamic sub-division of the containing shape. AB is a rectangle of the whirling squares. AC is a diagonal to one-half thisshape. It cuts the diagonal ot the whole at D, which point determines thewidth of the foot. This foot width… … Fig. 22. Kalpis 06.T021.192, Metropolitan Museum, New York.(Measured and drawn by the Museum Staff.) 104 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY also cuts the diagonal of the square HI at J. The line GM cuts the diagonal ofthe whirling square rectangle KL to determine the line NO, which fixes thewidth of the bowl. The…

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