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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 157

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is3.0606. The bowl area is 2.3535. ^^^ ^^° handle areas, added, represent .7071,the reciprocal of root-two, and therefore a root-two shape. Each handle areamust then be composed of two root-two areas. The bowl area, 2.3535 is com-posed of two squares plus .7071 divided by two, or two plus .3535.… … Fig. 3. Yale Kylix 167. A heavy red-figured kylix at Yale, Fig. 3, has an overall area ratio of 2.618.The bowl ratio is 1.927, the fraction being .618 plus .309. The width of the footis the end of an .809 shape. The major area is divided curiously. The total areaof the handles gives a .691…

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