The Golden Rectangle

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The Golden Rectangle

• By

Aly Plummer
Aly Arnold

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Golden Ratio

• The Golden Ratio for golden rectangles is
• 1.168
• Golden ratio in famous artwork??

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Archbishop William Henry Elder

• Painted by Thomas Eakins
• Measurements 168 cm x 104.5 cm
• Ratio 1.607

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The Ships Winged Arrow Southern

• Painted by Fitz Henry Lane
• Measurements 61.3 cm x 92.7 cm
• Ratio 1.512

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Pont Royal, Paris

• Painted by Childe Hassam
• Measurements 62.2 cm x 72.4 cm
• Ratio 1.613

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A Venetian Woman

• Painted by John Singer Sargent
• Measurements 238.1 cm x 133 cm
• Ratio 1.79

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Ophelia Laertes

• Painted by Benjamin West
• Measurements 276.9 cm x 387.4 cm
• Ratio 1.399

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The Last Rose of Summer

• Painted by William Michael Harnett
• Measurements 61 cm x 50.8 cm
• Ratio 1.2

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Conclusion

• When you average all of these ratios out, it
  comes to that most of these paintings were
  pretty close to the golden ratio. So, we
  conclude that the artists who created these
  beautiful works of art just might have had the
  golden rectangle on their minds.