The Golden Section

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6:46PM

The Golden Section by author Scott Olsen is a book that I always keep on my design table to quickly reference while designing my oil paintings. The Golden Section is known to some as phi, the golden mean, or the golden ratio.

The Golden Section is “defined as a line divided into two unequal parts, such that the ratio of the shorter portion to the longer portion is the same as the longer portion to the whole.”

Images via Wikipedia

It has been said that the Golden Section can be found throughout nature so I’m on a quest to find out this old mystery for myself.

Thank you so much for stopping by Boyd Greene Fine Art for a browse and I hope this book will be a help to you in your design process.

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