Hi, Saturday, December 28, 2002, 12:57:59 PM, you wrote: [...]
>> One possible reason why there may be more (non-square) rectangular >> compositions than square ones is that there is only one square, and >> there are infinitely many possible rectangles. There are very few >> common rectangles used in visual designs. They include 1:1 (square), >> 1:1.5 (35mm), 1:2 (tatami, double square), 1:1.618 (golden rectangle), > Might this also be the "golden section" I find in my dictionary? > The ratio works out quite closely (they say "roughly" three to five.) Yep. Also called the Divine Proportion. --- Bob "Our heads are round so that our thoughts can fly in any direction" Francis Picabia
