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Definitely not bullshit with respect to art—it is used in many aesthetically pleasing and well balanced designs.
by bjornjaja 7y ago
Definitely not bullshit with respect to art—it is used in many aesthetically pleasing and well balanced designs.
- kingbirdy 7y agoBut that doesn't mean the golden ratio is the reason it's aesthetically apealling. There is good art that uses the ratio, and bad art that uses it, and good art that doesn't use it.
- bjornjaja 7y agoAgreed, but it’s recursive nature does make it appealing in ways other ratios do not.
- jacobolus 7y agoThere are many aesthetically pleasing artworks where the subjects wear hats. But that doesn’t mean that there’s some magical feature of hats that produces transcendent art.