Geometry of Greek vases : Attic vases in the Museum of fine arts analysed according to the principles of proportion discovered by Jay Hambidge (1922)
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INTRODUCTION The black-figured kylix, no. 128, without its handles, is contained in the same area; its proportions are also static. The midget pointed amphora, no. 44, up to its shoulder, is another example. The proportions of this are in terms of y/2. Two hydriae, nos. 61 and 62, without their… … The red-figured lekythos signed by the potter Gales, no. 167, is contained in a rectangle composed of two and a half squares (ratio: 2.500; reciprocal: .400). Its proportions are static throughout (cf. above, page 2). Consideration of the occurrences of squares and multiples of squares in the vases…
Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · Vases, Greek · Design
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