Visual Art and Historical Representation in Ancient Greece and China

AbstractThe golden number has been one of the most important measures of beauty from ancient Greece till now. Although the reason still unclear, it is certain that the golden ratio has a direct correlation with beauty. This nice feeling can come from listening to a musical piece or watching a visual art, which is based on this wondrous number. Although the golden number is more suitable from beauty or harmony’s perspective, for some researches it is a requirement to develop Architectural designs. Therefore, in this article a masterpiece (Shah-mosque Isfahan) was investigated to find its golden relations. This mosque was chosen because of the precise and harmonious proportions. In this research: plan, sections, facade and decorations of ceiling tiles in main dome, were analyzed by Phi-matrix software in which, existence of the golden ratio has been proven undoubtedly.

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“Legends and Myths of Ancient Greece in the Russian Book Tradition of the 18th - 21st centuries”: Exhibition in the RSL

Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] ◽

10.25281/0869-608x-2016-1-2-188-190 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 188-190

Author(s):

Evgenia A. Tatarinova

Keyword(s):

Visual Art ◽

Ancient Greece ◽

Russian Language ◽

Ancient Greek ◽

Russian State ◽

Art Works ◽

The World ◽

State Library ◽

The Russian Language ◽

Of Greece

The Russian State Library (RSL) organized and devoted to the Year of Greece in Russia the exhibition, presenting the editions of the world known monument - Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece. Manuscript books, reflecting the motives of the ancient Greek myths, publication of the first translations into the Russian language made by N. Gnedich and V.A. Zhukovsky, scientific studies of the domestic authors were accompanied by the art works from the collections of the Department of Visual Art Publications of the RSL and partner organizations.

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