I would like you to investigate three different claims about the Golden Ratio. You should use the
Question:
I would like you to investigate three different claims about the Golden Ratio. You should use the Internet to find arguments FOR and AGAINST the claim.
Please copy down the URL for any site that you use. Try to find the original website (or blog or article or whatever) that makes a claim, rather than just finding a summary of several claims. Make sure and pay attention to the source of any claim, and make a judgement about its reliability.
Write up your discoveries as an essay (or a newspaper article – be creative!) with paragraphs and complete sentences and correct spelling and grammar. It doesn’t have to be long. Three paragraphs, one for each claim, should suffice. Below is a list of some claims you can investigate. Or you can find a claim yourself to investigate!
- The ancient Greeks used the Golden Ratio in the design of the Parthenon in Athens.
- Leonardo da Vinci believed that that the ratio of the height to the width of a “perfect”
human face would be the Golden Ratio, and he used in his Vitruvian Man painting.
- The Golden Ratio is found in the growth of the Nautilus shell.
- The Golden Rectangle is the most aesthetically pleasing rectangle.
- The golden ratio is at the heart of many of the proportions in the human body.
- The Golden Ratio is important in musical composition.
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