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Title

Divine golden ingenious : the golden ratio as a theory of everything? / publishing editors: Lieselotte Kugler, Oliver Götze ; with contributions from Wolfgang Beinert [and twenty-five others] ; translations: Andrew Boreham [and four others].

Publication

Munich : Hirmer, c2016.

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Additional Authors

• Kugler, Lieselotte, 1950-
• Götze, Oliver, 1978-
• Beinert, Wolfgang
• Museum für Kommunikation Berlin.
• Museum für Post und Kommunikation Frankfurt am Main.

Description

224 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 23 cm.

Summary

• "The history of the golden mean begins with Euclid in the 3rd century BC. But it was only in the 19th century that it was raised to the universal constant of beauty. From this point onwards the “golden section” was described in flora and fauna; the famous Fibonacci number. It determines the growth of the pineapple; and Le Corbusier optimised architecture by means of the Modulor. But does this art-historical phenomenon really play a universal role in the organisation of our world? Authors from all fields analyse the Golden Mean with regard to function, demonstrability and relevance, also by means of current examples from art and design as well as in comparison with the DIN and the tatami measurement."--
• "What do the shells of nautilus snails, pineapples, Marilyn Monroe’s face, and an Aston Martin all have in common? Is it the same mystic, divine formula that lies behind everything that is beautiful? For centuries this formula, often referred to as the golden mean, has been a subject of endless fascination. The ratio of proportion that formulates the golden mean can be found in nature, artistic design processes, and in how we perceive our surroundings. But how much of this universal formula is true, and how much of it is myth? Here with the answer is Divine Golden Ingenious, a collection of essays from contributors in many fields—architecture, mathematics, science, art, and design—who explore the history and applications of the golden mean. The search for the mean dates back to Euclid in the third century BC, but it was only in the nineteenth century that it reached fame as a universal constant of beauty.
• From this point onwards the “golden section” was described in flora and fauna, established as the foundation for the Fibonacci number, and optimized by Le Corbusier in architecture. Sorting the fact from the faction, the essays gathered here analyze the golden mean with regard to function and relevance while exploring its use in current examples from art and design. Together, they reveal the extent to which this art-historical phenomenon plays a role in the organization and presentation of the world around us."--

Subject

• Golden section > Exhibitions
• Proportion (Art) > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum for Communication, Berlin, September 9, 2016-February 26, 2017, and at the Museum for Communication, Frankfurt (Main), March 26-August 27, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Divine golden ingenious : the golden ratio as a theory of everything? / Lieselotte Kugler -- From aurea to zeising : in search of the golden ratio / Oliver Götze, Katharina Schillinger -- Why I use the golden ratio for design / Erik Spiekermann -- "The golden ratio is basic vocabulary, an absolute must-have" / Fashion designer Christian Mau in coversation with Katharina Schillinger & Florian Schütz -- Beautiful, versatile, irrational : the mathematical beauty of the golden ratio / Albrecht Beutelspacher -- Aesthetical arrangements : meditation of meaning in Caspar David Friedrich & Adolph Menzel / Werner Busch -- Grids and rules : the golden ration in typography and graphic design / Wolfgang Beinert -- 20 steps around the globe : a land art project by Jo and Tuula Niemeyer / Timo Niemeyer, Daniela Tisevski -- The attempt to measure beauty : on the history of empirical aesthetics / Katharina Fendius -- Two offset Fibonacci sequences : a winning formula for organ development in plants / Peter Leins, Claudia Erbar -- Proportion in music as a temporal art : an experiential or merely and abstract symbolic ascription? / Hartmut Fladt -- Le Corbusier's system of proportions : the modular / Bärbel Högner -- "To see is only to touch more accurately!" : the church of St. Canisius / Heike Büttner -- Divine details : the portrait of Luca Pacioli / Mara-Lise Kinne -- The golden system of rules meets intuition : insights into the design process / Mark Braun, Franziska Land -- The battle of proportions : the Fechner experiment / Holger Höge -- Golden Pythagoras trees : fractals and self-similarity / Daniel Lordick -- Coincidence on progress : Leipzig's old town hall / Marko Kuhn -- Of memes and snapshots : the golden ratio in the digital age / Melanie Lauer -- More than fibre : paper formats / Florian Schütz -- In equal parts : symmetry / Florian Schütz --
• Boxes, pallets, containers : industrial standards / Peter Hirschmiller -- Human dimensions : tatami mats / Florian Schütz -- Viewing in flux : screen sizes / Florian Schütz.

ISBN

• 9783777426921
• 377742692X

LCCN

9783777426921

OCLC

• 959227386
• SCSB-10062064

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library