-This is an outstanding text for teachers and students.- -- The Studio This richly illustrated examination of visual arts in the European tradition shows how the great masters employed the -golden mean- and other geometrical patterns to compose their paintings.
Author Charles Bouleau explores a tremendous variety of ancient and modern works: the Parthenon friezes, Italian mosaics, the Bayeux Tapestry, and Gothic stonemasons\' marks of France and Germany as well as paintings by Picasso, Kand. -This is an outstanding text for teachers and students.- -- The Studio This richly illustrated examination of visual arts in the European tradition shows how the great masters employed the -golden mean- and other geometrical patterns to compose their paintings
