Golden Ratio in Painting and photography :
A hurricane :
The golden mean, or divine proportion, has fascinated
philosophers, mathematicians, artists, and scientists for
centuries. Represented as a fraction by the decimal
1.618 , ancient Greek philosophers believed that this
ratio is truth and beauty. Some even believe it's a
fundamental characteristic of the universe
Sous la vague au large de Kanagawa / Titre japonais : Kanagawa oki namiura :
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
It’s a painting of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). He is Japanese and this painting is called “The big wave of Kanagawa”
Length of the painting : 37.9 cm
= 23.6 cm
The golden ratio in my High School François Bazin :
The red line represent the division by 1.6
If the green line is equal X , so the purple line is equal to X*1.618