 |
DAY 202 | PHILOSOPHY OF ART |
Patterns of Beauty in Nature and Art
THE GOLDEN RATIO AND THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE
“If there is a God, he’s a great mathematician.” —Paul Dirac
What do the Mona Lisa, the Parthenon, and a common pinecone have in common? They all conform to a specific mathematical ratio, called the “Golden Ratio,” that has fascinated the world’s great thinkers for millennia. It may surprise you, but there is an intimate and longstanding relationship between beauty, art, and math.
One of the easiest ways to define the Golden Ratio ...
Get The Daily Book of Art now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
