The golden ratio is Stephen Silver's secret weapon of character design. Stephen Silver is a character designer and art teacher who has designed characters for Disney Television Animation, Sony Feature Animation and Nickelodeon Animation. In this role he has designed the style of the shows such as "Kim Possible", Kevin Smith's "Clerks" the animated series, "Danny Phantom" … [Read more...]
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Golden ratios in Great Pyramid of Giza site topography
Overview: Analysis of the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza reveals that the positions and relative sizes of the pyramids may be based on the golden ratio. Evidence of the Golden Ratio in the Great Pyramid complex. There are many pyramid theories and questions as to who built the pyramids in ancient Egypt. It's commonly known though in Egyptology that the proportions of the … [Read more...]
Meisner Beauty Guide for Golden Ratio Facial Analysis
Facial golden ratios are simple, clear and abundant. Since my first investigation of human facial proportions in 1997, it seemed clear that the most important features that define a human face are the simplest and most obvious: An oval head and the positions and dimensions of the eyes and the mouth. As evidence, consider the "smiley face." It expresses a variety of facial … [Read more...]
Dr. George Markowsky’s “Misconceptions about the Golden Ratio” Reviewed
Debunking the Debunkers of Golden Ratio Myths. Overview: This article reviews Dr. George Markowsky's article on eight misconceptions about the golden ratio. He starts his analysis by establishing a very generous ±2% range for considering evidences of the golden ratio as acceptable. In four cases though, evidences for the original claims are missed or ignored. In two cases, … [Read more...]
Michelangelo and the Art of the Golden Ratio in Design and Composition
New study unveils Michelangelo's extensive use of the golden ratio in the Sistine Chapel. In 2013, I reported that Michelangelo used the golden ratio in his painting "The Creation of Adam" in the Sistine Chapel. This Divine Proportion appears at the point at which Adam's finger is touched by the finger of God, as God breathes life into Adam. In July 2015, Clinical Anatomy … [Read more...]
The Golden Ratio, Beauty and Design: It’s time to ‘face’ the facts.
Another attempt to debunk the Golden Ratio is fundamentally wrong. In October 2015, Dr. Keith Devlin was interviewed by science writer Julia Calderone in an article titled "The one formula that's supposed to 'prove beauty' is fundamentally wrong." Professor Devlin is a accomplished Ph.D. in mathematics at Stanford University and NPR's Math Guy. His comments have reach … [Read more...]
Golden Ratio Overview
What makes a single number so interesting that ancient Greeks, Renaissance artists, a 17th century astronomer and a 21st century novelist all would write about it? It's a number that goes by many names. This “golden” number, 1.61803399, represented by the Greek letter Phi, is known as the Golden Ratio, Golden Number, Golden Proportion, Golden Mean, Golden Section, Divine … [Read more...]
Another FastOne by FastCoDesign on the Golden Ratio?
Was it routine site maintenance or censorship at FastCoDesign? Why delete reader comments? On April 13, 2015, FastCoDesign.com took a stand on design with an article by John Brownlee titled “The Golden Ratio: Design’s Biggest Myth – The Golden Ratio is Total Nonsense in Design. Here’s Why.” (Find article here.) By the end of June 2015, the article had hundreds of comments from … [Read more...]
Common Core Curriculum Math Standards for the Golden Ratio
Welcome educators, teachers, parents and students to the Golden Ratio Academy page. The Golden Ratio appears not only in nature and the arts, but also in the Common Core Curriculum mathematics standards. This page is dedicated to educators, parents and students seeking the best, most accurate information on the golden ratio. You can return to this page by simply going to the … [Read more...]
Da Vinci and the Divine Proportion in Art Composition
Leonardo Da Vinci has long been associated with the golden ratio. This association was reinforced in popular culture in 2003 by Dan Brown's best selling book "The Da Vinci Code." The plot has pivotal clues involving the golden ratio and Fibonacci series. In 2006, the public awareness of the association grew when the book was turned into a movie starring veteran actor Tom … [Read more...]