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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 68

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square is CD, the side of which is equal to the width of the lip of thevase. The diagonals of the whole cut the sides of this square at E and F. Thisdetermines the area CF, equal to two squares, EG, FH, and the root-two figureHI. A line drawn from J to C cuts the side of the square GE at K. The… … Fia;. 13. Bronze Oinochoe in the Boston Museum.(Measured and drawn by L. D. Caskey.) the base of this square, ML, estabhshes the bottom of the lip. Diagonals andperpendiculars to the root-two figure HI, determine other proportions of thelip and handle juncture. A line drawn through the center of…

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