Golden Ratio Paper

Many people over the course of history have often wondered about beauty. Beauty is a powerful force that has waged wars and influenced the minds of many, but has never been deciphered. Until, the discovery of a natural ratio, that changed the game of beauty in all aspects. “Many of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kelper, to present day scientific figures such as Oxford physicist Roger Penrose, have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties, called the golden ratio”(Livio, 2007). This can be located in thousands of natural and manmade objects, and is believed to hold the key to the secret of beauty. Still, no one knows who first discovered the golden ratio, but it is known that the Egyptians used it in the creation of the Great Pyramids at Giza. In addition, Phidias applied the golden ratio to the design of the Parthenon (Livio, 2007). These two marvelous structures were the first known cases of where the golden ratio had been used. The golden ratio started to make its mark on the world when it was first applied to the arts. Modern artists do not receive the fame or glory from their artwork, and some of the artists are forgotten. However, the artist of the renaissance period are still praised and remembered well after their time, for their work. Their works of art whether it be a sculpture or painting, is visited by thousands daily. This is because of the renaissance artists’ use of the golden ratio. To fully appreciate this revolutionary number sequence, this paper will demonstrate the effectiveness of this ratio in artwork. First by explaining the golden ratio, and where it had been developed. Then paper will highlight the past artworks that used the golden ratio and how it complemented the piece of art which lead to its fame. Lastly, modern art would benefit from the use of the golden

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