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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 93

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pis shows, unmistakably, that the picture is secondary. The shapeof the vessel is determined with great care while the picture is ordinary. Eventhe height of the male figure is miscalculated, as he is not standing on the samelevel with the female figure. The hands of the female figure and the right… … Fig. 13. Kalpis, 08.417, Boston Museum. 72 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY vase as a side supplies a 1.309 rectangle, /. f., a square and two whirling squarerectangles. AB, CE are squares and AD, BL are double whirling square rec-tajigles. When the .309 shape as AD is applied to the square AB the excessarea BE is…

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