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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 94

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re rectangle is applied to the end of a double root-fiverectangle the excess area consists of the reciprocal of a root-four rectangle,i. e., .5 or two squares, .618 plus .5 equals 1.118. Whirling square rectangles applied to both ends of a double root-five rec-tangle, overlap. The area of this… … Fig. DYNAMIC SYMMETRY 73 7. e., 2.236 minus 2. It is the reciprocal of 4.236 or two whirling square rec-tangles plus a square, 1.618 multiplied by two plus one. .118 is the reciprocalof two such shapes lying end to end or 8.472 or four whirling square rectanglesplus two squares. It must be stressed…

Vases, Greek

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