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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 147

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Fig. 10. Boston Skyphos ij.i Skyphos 13.186 in the Boston Museum, Fig. 10, has a bowl ratio of 1.309and an overall area of 1.809. The whirling square rectangle AB is derivedfrom the overall shape. The center of the square DE fixes the width of thebowl. The relation of the bowl to the meander band… … Fig. II. Boston Skyphos 01.8076.(Measured, drawn and analyzed by L. D. Caskey.) DYNAMIC SYMMETRY Skyphos 01.8076 in the Boston Museum, Fig. 11, has a bowl ratio of 1.236and an overall area of 1.764. This latter ratio frequently appear^ in Greekdesign.

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