Proportion, or, The geometric principle of beauty, analysed (1843)
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798-1866 · Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and Sons · leaf 40
GEOMETRIC PRINCIPLE OF BEAUTY ANALYSED. 24 Fig. 18. shown in figure 18, on which A B are "\% the foci, C D the transverse diameter, E … ety of proportion, from the straight line to the circle ; yet, as it possesses the most simple' kind of variety of parts which constitute the first elements of proportion, there are certain rules for its formation which agree mathe- matically with the principles of geometric beauty, and which…
Proportion (Art)
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