Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven : Yale University Press · leaf 112
RY 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 .3618 is the reciprocal of 2.764. One-fourth of 2.76415.691, which is the reciprocal of 1.4472, i.e., a square and a root-five rectangle. If the area:of 1.4472… … Fig. 8. Amphora 12. 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, i. 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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