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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 91

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he use of a compound shape derived from a root- five rectangle. The area of the enclosing shape has an end to side relationship of i: 1.118. The ratio 1.118 multiplied by two equals 2.236, the square root of five. The ratio may be stated as root-five divided by two. A root-five rectangle divided by… … Fit;. I . This area is that part of a square defined by the pentagon and shown in Fig. 6a, Chapter III. The double root-five shape may be subdivided in many ways to produce themes in abstract form. The primary subdivision would be that of each com- posing rectangle into a square and two whirling…

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