RE: Golden Ratio (WAS: Re: A3)

["Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com>]

There are some landscapes with roughly that ratio, but I think there are
many more with an aspect ratio closer to 1.3:1 or 1.4:1. And I don't think
I've _ever_ seen a portrait with anything like a 1:1.6 ratio.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

> From: Kennedy McEwen
>
> Paul D. DeRocco <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> writes
>
> >But a golden rectangle looks like a lousy shape for a
> >piece of paper, whether for the page of a book or for a picture
> >on the wall.
>
> I guess all those classical artists whose pictures adorn the walls of
> the world's museum disagreed with that sentiment.  ;-)

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