Aladine Vargas

The fact that Karl posted this pic is cool and show an interested for something real in Art. Yet it saddens me to have the precious Artist’s heritage so horribly misrespresented. Whoever created this image doesn’t have a clue on what the Golden section is or how to use it.  I wish people would learn — but the information is not the  easiest to find. Hopefully overtime the accuracy of our traditions will be reveal.

Thanks Karl for posting the image.

karlnoelle:

anosognosia:

nerviosismo:

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the Government of France and is on the wall in the Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. It is perhaps the most famous and iconic painting in the world.

Prevalent in the major works of Leonardo Da Vinci and underlying many of his design compositions, is the Golden Ratio (“Golden Mean”), a ratio of approximately 1:1.618, found in nature and creation, and inherent in the Fibonacci sequence. The Golden Rectangle, the Golden Triangle, and the Golden Pyramid, all based on the Golden Ratio are all appear prominent in the work of Leonardo Da Vinci. He referred to the golden ratio as the “divine proportion”.

Mona Lisa (via Michæl Paukner)

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