1.3 Golden Ratio

Golden Ratio

It was first called the Divine Proportion in the early 1500s in Leonardo da Vinci’s work.

Divine Proportion

Golden Ratio was first called the _______ in the early 1500s in Leonardo da Vinci’s work.

1.618033987…

Mathematically two quantities are in the Golden ratio if  (a+b) divided by a is equal to a divided by b which is equal to ______.

Pathernon

The exterior dimension of the ______ in Athens, Greece embodies the golden ratio.

Timaeus Plato

In _______ describes five possible regular solids that relate to the golden ratio which is now known as Platonic Solid.

Platonic Solid

In Timaeus Plato describes five possible regular solids that relate to the golden ratio which is now known as _______.

Euclid

______ was the first to give a definition of the golden ratio as a dividing line in the extreme and mean ratio in his book the Elements.

Elements

Euclid was the first to give a definition of the golden ratio as a dividing line in the extreme and mean ratio in his book the ______.

Leonardo da Vinci

He incorporated the golden ratio in his paintings such as" The Last Supper", "Monalisa" and "St. Jerome in the Wilderness".

The Last Supper, Monalisa, and St. Jerome in the Wilderness

He incorporated the golden ratio in his paintings such as ______, _______, and ______.

Michael Angelo di Lodovico Simon

 He was considered the greatest living artist of his time.

Michael Angelo di Lodovico Simon

He used the golden ratio in his painting " The Creation of Adam”.

 The Creation of Adam

Michael Angelo di Lodovico Simon used the golden ratio in his painting _______.

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

He was a painter and an architect from a renaissance.

The School of Athens

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino’s painting "_______”, the division between the figures in the painting and their proportions are distributed using the golden ratio.

Great Pyramid of Giza

________ built 4700 Bc in Ahmes Papyrus of Egypt, the ratio of its base to the height is roughly 1.5717 which is close to the golden ratio. 

1.5717

Great Pyramid of Giza built 4700 Bc in Ahmes Papyrus of Egypt, the ratio of its base to the height is roughly _____ which is close to the golden ratio.

Notre Dame

A Gothic Cathedral in Paris.

Taj Mahal

Found in India and used the golden ratio in its construction and was completed in 1648.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres

________ in Paris, France which also exhibits the golden ratio.

CN Tower

the tallest tower, and free-standing structure in the world, contains the golden ratio in its design.

Eiffel Tower

Found in Paris France, and erected in 1889 which is an iron lattice.

Great Pyramid in Giza

Notre Dame

Taj Mahal

Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres

The United Nation Building

Eiffel Tower

CN Tower

Golden ration in Architecture