... to comment on which seemed the most pleasing. The ratio of 1:2 was least liked, the Golden Mean, as seen in the churches of the Renaissance, was favored by a very large margin (Harris). This study shows us scientifically how naturally pleasing this mathematical ratio can be, and how it brings ... of "Beating of infants" pictured by Rafael in 1509 is one example of mathematics in the form of spirals used in the art of the Renaissance (Stakhov). All of the figures in the picture are depicted in such a way that their bodies run along the edges of the golden spiral, ... can begin to understa...

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