From the course: Design Foundation 3D: Shape and Form
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Golden section
- The Golden Section is a mathematical ratio that generates a very special rectangle. It is special because it's thought to have timeless, harmonious proportions, but does it really? Well, there are examples of it in all of the arts and architecture, music, painting, and a whole lot more. Also called the Golden Mean or Golden Ratio, and a few other names, it was first formally described by the mathematician Euclid around 300 BCE but was also believed to have been used even earlier. In print and everyday objects, the same ratio appears in a wide variety of surprising places, like playing cards, books, posters, and even widescreen TVs. If you want to draw this shape yourself, there are a lot of tricky steps as seen in this animation. Fortunately, mathematician Michael Maestlin calculated a simple decimal ratio back in 1597. So use the value of 1.618. That's a factor to determine the long side multiplied by the short side. Now you can create your very own Golden Ratio where ever you go…
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