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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 53

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DYNANIIC SYMMETRY 35 A line drawn through the intersection of two diagonals of a pentagon divides the area of the major square as in Fig. i6, into three shapes, two ot which are rectangles of the whirling squares and one is composed of a square and a root- five rectangle. … Fig. 1 6. When the area of a major square is subdivided, as in Fig. 17, four very in- teresting shapes result. AB is a rectangle of the whirling squares. BC is rep- resented by the ratio 1.1708, this being composed of .618 plus .5528, the latter ratio being the reciprocal of 1.809 or a square plus…

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