On the Divine Proportion (De divina proportione) By Luca Pacioli
Portrait of Luca Pacioli, traditionally attributed to Jacopo de Barbari, 1495
The ratio most pleasing to the human eye: or Phi This isn’t a new idea— just newly receiving attention
This ratio is found in the human body
In art
In architechture
Illustration of a rhombicuboctahedron By Leonardo da Vinci, published in De divina proportione
Golden Rectangle Turns into
A spiral Which is found in
Nature
The Last Supper Leonardo de Vinci
References http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parveen/renaissance.htm http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/golden/golden5.html http://www.goldennumber.net/face.htm