Leonardo Da Vinci's Perception Of The Golden Ratio

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The Golden Ratio is a strange ratio that scientists have found all throughout nature, architecture, art, and various other places. Some say that the Golden Ratio could only have been made possible by God while others believe it is merely a coincidence. This “Golden Number” has been thought of as the most pleasing to the eye and many tests have been done to see whether humans’ perception of beauty is affected by the appearance of this phenomenon. The twenty first greek letter, Phi, is used to represent the Golden Ratio. The ratio is found by dividing an area into two parts; a and b. “a” and “b” are never equal. The ratio of the entire length of the area to the longer portion is equal to the ratio of the longer portion to the smaller part. The ratio that is formed is irrational and is usually rounded to 1.168 or 0.618. In other words, a/b=(a+b)/a=1.6180339887… Throughout history, this ratio is thought of to be the most pleasing to the eye and artists use it often to enhance details and make proportions look more realistic. Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the few artists and mathematicians who used the Golden Ratio frequently. In the Renaissance, the Golden Ratio was often used to create balance and beauty in statues and and paintings. Da Vinci, however, called it the “Golden Section”. He used it in famous …show more content…

The Fibonacci Sequence was discovered by Leonardo Fibonacci. It is a sequence of numbers in which the next number is the sum of the two numbers previous to it. There is a direct correlation between this sequence of numbers and the Golden Ratio. If you were to take two adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence and divide them, their ratio would be very close to the Golden Ratio. Also, as the numbers get higher, their ratios get closer to the golden ratio itself. For example, the ratio of 5 to 3 is 1.666… But the ratio of 21 to 12 is 1.615… Getting even higher, the ratio of 233 to 144 is

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