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Harmonic Proportion and Form in Nature, Art and Architecture by Samuel Colman ISBN: 0486428737 Dover Publications Price: $21.95 click here to see this book A treatise on the laws governing proportional form in both nature and the arts and sciences, this well-illustrated volume demonstrates how a design can captivate both the eye and the mind. Flowers and shells appear here, along with artistic creations, in a study of the similarity of their constructive principles. Unabridged republication of the classic 1912 edition. Table of Contents for Harmonic Proportion and Form in Nature, Art and Architecture INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I ARGUMENT II CORRELATIONS Correlations of Numbers (by the Editor) Correlations of Form The Polyhedra III GEOMETRIC FORMS Modes of Progression The Pentagon The Octagon and Square The Equilateral Triangle and the Hexagon IV GEOMETRIC FORMS?Continued The Egyptian Triangle The Ideal Angle The Vesica Piscis The Rectangles V FORM EVOLUTION Geometry of Segmentation Extreme and Mean Proportion VI THE LAW OF NUMBERS VII CRYSTALLOGRAPHY VIII BOTANY IX ON CONCHOLOGY X DIATOMS XI ANIMATE FORMS Insects Birds Fish Mammals XII THE HUMAN FIGURE XIII FORCE (Chapter by the Editor) Sound Light Heat Gravitation XIV ARCHITECTURE APPENDIX NOTES (by the Editor) INDEX

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