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1
Q

Who invented the Golden rule?

A

Dates back to ancient Greeks and Egyptians

2
Q

What is the ratio of a golden section called?

A

PHI

3
Q

Who examined the Golden section?

A

Phidias

4
Q

What was Phideas job?

A

Greek sculptor

5
Q

What does The golden rule in design and art refer too?

A

balance of symmetry and asymmetry

6
Q

What is symmetry?

A

Sameness or characteristic correspondence of perceptual elements of opposite sides of a diving line within a field.

7
Q

T or F - ac to cb, is the same ratio as the ratio of the larger part, cb, to the whole, ab.

A

True

8
Q

Line AB must divide at a point called?

A

C

9
Q

The whole (sum of 2 parts) is to the larger part as the larger part is to the smaller part.

A

True - AB is to CB, as AC is to CB.

10
Q

The ratio of ac to cb is called?

A

PHI

11
Q

The ratio of ac to cb is called?

A

PHI

12
Q

What is the mathematical ratio of phi?

A

3:5

13
Q

Complete the sequence.. 1,1,2,3,5, _, _, _, _, etc.

A

1,1,2,3,4,8,13,21,34,55.

14
Q

What number indicates phi?

A

1.6153

15
Q

How is PHI determined from the sequence?

A

The ratio becomes a division of any last two numbers. Example: 21/13= 1.6153

16
Q

What is the sequence called?

A

Fibonacci sequence

17
Q

Who invented the sequence

A

Leonardo Fibonacci

18
Q

Where is the golden rule/section found naturally?

A

Butterfly, pine cone, teeth.

19
Q

What is the divine proportion?

A

reputation of a golden triangle. Used to define beauty (human face)

20
Q

What is the ratio of an older television?

A

3:4

21
Q

What is the ratio of 8x10?

A

4:5