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Proportion: In Art & Architecture by Michael Schneider

Proportion: In Art & Architecture by Michael Schneider

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Proportion: In Art & Architecture by Michael Schneider

ISBN: 1952178347    EAN: 9781952178344
Publisher: Wooden Books    
US SRP: $8.95 US  
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: March 15, 2023
Physical Info: 0.3" H x 6.8" L x 5.5" W (0.2 lbs) 64 pages

What is the difference between ratio and proportion? Do pentagons, hexagons and heptagons really each have their own characters? What is the most beautiful rectangle? Is there a secret to great art? In this beautiful little book, art educator Michael Schneider presents a groundbreaking synthesis of proportion in the ancient world. From temples to dinner plates, paintings to pots, archways to jewellery, discover the eternally useful tools and techniques of the masters.

Michael Schneider is an educator, specializing in the use of mathematics in art. He has taught at the Met, New York, and at the California college of the Arts, San Francisco. Also the author of the bestselling A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, he lives in California.
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