Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture : an essay in comparative æsthetics (1899)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 83
FIG. 20—HAYS METHOD OF DETERMINING PROPORTIONAL RELATIONS OF RECTANGLES. See page 46. 46 PROPORTION AND HARMONY. D. R. Hay, in his Science of Beauty and Laws ofGeometric Proportion, makes the proportions of rectan-gles to one another depend upon the ratios of the anglesdescribed by lines drawn from… … / z 3 * s To 30°a&8-3 *-S 3-*> 2-3 63S 76-/S 6t-2. FIG. 21.—HAYS RECTANGLES CORRESPONDING TO THE MUSICAL SCALE. See page 47. for a reason which Mr. Hay does not state. This is theinfluence which, in all acts of vision, angles of this kindhave, owing to the way in which, according to the laws…
Aesthetics · Proportion (Art) · Color
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