Golden Ratio Flashcards
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Major shapes (3)
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- Rectangle
- Spiral
- Triangle
- if anything about a circle, it is not the right answer
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General concepts
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- Fibonacci sequence
- 1st 2 #s are 0 & 1
- each remaining # = sum of previous 2
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Number
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1.61 or 1.62
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Greek letter
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Phi
4
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Applied simply
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To the Parthenon
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Applied complex (2)
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- Gothic Cathedrals
2. Sunflower Seeds
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Example of Golden Ratio (2)
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- Slide 17: polykleitos
- Slide 19: Apollo = perfect male
- balance
- order
- proportion (golden ratio)
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Example of non golden ratio
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Slide 27: David
- 14’ 2”
- hands are huge