I remember an article in Sci American spoofing numerology. The author "investigated" the Washington Monument, had phun with numbers, and ended up proving it an alien spaceship direction marker of some sort....
-Lon Keith Whaley wrote: > > Regardless of who said it, or who believes it, I propose the so-called > Golden Rectangle is more an observational circumstance, hardly any > formal "rule" promulgated by anyone. > Absent proof of it being someone's "rule" for the wonderfulness of any > given composition, that will remain my belief. > Yes, I've seen all the books and articles that draw lines over the > master's painings and sketches, thereby "proving" the work was > purposefully laid down with the Golden Rectangle in mind. > I contend it's something that if you're really obscessed with, you can > find that pattern almost anywhere in a good composition... > Quote any old-time artist's writings that set forth such a plan with > respect to the generation of his or her composition, and I'll consider > changing my mind. Until then, I'll simply believe it's an observation, > overlaid on a pleasing scene. > > keith whaley
