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Dynamic symmetry; the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924, Yale University. Rutherford Trowbridge Memorial Publication Fund · New Haven, Conn., New York City, Yale University Press; [etc., etc.] · leaf 114

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the plan of the Parthenon. The general theme in this case is a division of 1.4472 by four. One-fourth of 1.4472 is .3618. This ratio of .j6i8 is the reciprocal of 2.764. One-fourth of 2. 76415. 691, which is the reciprocal ot 1.4472, i.e., a square and a root-five rectangle. If the area of 1.4472… … Fig. 8. Amphora 1 2.236.1 Metropolitan Museum, New York. (Drawn and measured by the Museum Staff.) root-five rectangles, AE, EF, FG and GH, or the ratio 1.7888, ;. e., .4472 multi- plied by four, and each root-five rectangle is constructed in the center of a 2.764 rectangle. If the width of the lip…

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