Event 4 Getty Museum

Gettys museum is a completely different experience when experienced through private tours and alongside thousands of UCLA peers, despite restrictions from taking pictures of the majority of exhibits. Nonetheless, a closer look at several artwork made me realize certain patterns: 1.68 ratios found throughout various statues and paintings.

  Upon arrival, the first event consisted of hundreds of students trying to replicate the drawing of a posing women. Recalling back to the lecture on Art and Math, I began to see how certain proportions determined the aesthetic qualities of the drawings. Looking a bit closer at the artwork produced by fellow artists, I came to realize those who had structured approaches and alignments to estimating proportions. For example, the fibonacci sequence is prevalent in nature, particularly in determining the aesthetic standards of human facial and body proportions. The video below further develops the idea of mathematical standards "phi" for judging human and artistic beauty. This would explain the various proportions that many artists take into account when drawing each of the facial features.

<http://www.goldennumber.net/beauty/>

Mathematical proportions could be found everywhere including the guidelines for the brushstrokes to the placement of artwork itself. One of the artwork I noticed to have near golden ratio was the picture of the two women in the drawing. For example, the base of their bodies in relation to height represents the golden ratio. In retrospect, I am starting to hypothesize that the relation of the artwork positioning also follow the golden ratio. Further discussion of prevalent artwork that contain the golden ratio include: Sistine Chapel and Last Supper.
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Looking a bit closer, the golden ratio was also present in the artistic design of the vase. The proportion between the bottom segment of the vase is around 1.68x the length of the top segment of the vase is exactly 1.68x. The measurement of the bottom segment is around 101 pixel in length while the top segment is around 60 pixels, and 101/68 = 1.68333333. I am not sure if the ratio was intended or a coincidence. (This is accurate due to the lack of angular adjustments for the picture taken)

The article discussing the possibility of the golden ratio as a coincidence is discussed in the article here: <http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread945221/pg1>

Although I could not take any other picture that would further support the prevalence of mathematical iterations found throughout art and nature, I came across an interesting souvenir before leaving. This miniature device utilizes fundamental musical and physics concepts. Different The different lengths of the metal keys are measured to correspond to different frequencies and pitches to produce the sound.

The Getty Villa is next on the list.

"Beauty in the Human Face and the Golden Ratio." Phi 1618 The Golden Number. N.p., 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 05 May 2015. <http://www.goldennumber.net/beauty/>.

"Golden Ratio in Art Composition and Design." Phi 1618 The Golden Number. N.p., 04 May 2014. Web. 05 May 2015. <http://www.goldennumber.net/art-composition-design/>.

"Golden Ratio :: Evidence or Coincidence of Intelligent Design?, Page 1."AboveTopSecret.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2015. <http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread945221/pg1>.