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What is underneath Michael Wiswell’s Paintings?

Most people are familiar with the Nautilus shell. What they are likely not aware of is that this form can be described mathematically.

Geometric forms shown below, first used by Phidias in the sculptures of the Parthenon, later became know as the “Golden Mean” or the “Golden Section.” The system of dividing  the space up in this way became known as “dynamic symmetry” by Jay Hambidge. Using dynamic symmetry, any rectangle can be  developed the same way as the golden mean. The mind tends to want to order things symmetrically. A pattern that is asymmetrical makes the mind try to bring things back into symmetrial order. Thus a dymetrically  symetrical pattern keeps the mind’s eye moving indefintely. This state is actually pleasing to the viewer as can be seen by the world’s fascination with the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and his student Raphael, who used dynamic symmetry in their compositions

2. Golden Section 

3. Root Two Rectangle

4. Root Two Developed with Dynamic Symmetry

5.  Koch Recursion Tree

The Koch Recursion Tree is a fractal pattern that develops when a certain mathematical formula is plotted geometrically. It bears remarkable resemblance to the Root Two Rectangle shown above and in the tutorial below.

6. Construction Diagram of Dynamic Symmetry Grid

7. Maui Night grid

As you can see the moon is placed on an intersection. The horizon is lined up with the grid. All the birds and flowers are near intersections, and the stems follow diagonals. All the leaves eventually line up with the grid as the gird further develops. The cat rests on an axis. The oval path between the bird of paradise blossoms placed on the points of the grid insures that the eye will never rest until it focuses on the moon or the cat. This is how a composition can be woven into a dynamic symmetrical grid. This is how dynamic symmetry works.

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