Rabatment: A Couple of Squares Part II
Geometry is the foundation of all painting. – Albrecht Dürer There is another way to organize any rectangle in addition to the…
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Poussin and the √ϕ: Part II
…The order signifies the interval between the parts; the mode relates to the quantity, the form consists of lines and colors. The order…
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Poussin and the √ϕ: Part I
Nicolas Poussin finished painting ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ in 1636. The aspect ratio of the painting is 1:1.261 (when you…
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Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks, Saint Jerome & the ϕ Rectangle: Part II
We can continue the analysis of both versions of Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ by looking at the way the ϕ…
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Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks, Saint Jerome & the ϕ Rectangle: Part I
Leonardo Da Vinci is in the news again. He painted two versions of Virgin of the Rocks. The first from 1483-1486 which now…
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