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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 38

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ows that itsdesigner not only proportioned the picture but also the groups of hieroglyphsby the application of whirling square rectangles to a square. The outlines ot 26 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY the major square are carefully incised in the stone by four bars, two of whichhave slight pointed projections on… … Fig. 14. Another bas-relief from Egypt shows also how a square which is defined bybars cut in the stone at the top and bottom of the composition has its areadynamically divided for a pictorial composition. In this example the designerhas used a root-five rectangle in the center of a square, Fig.…

Vases, Greek

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