The Golden Ratio

Although the number 1.61803… may not seem important to you, it actually plays a significant role in our world. This number, the golden ratio, can be found almost everywhere. From the human body, animals, art, architecture, music, and much more. In this essay we will look at two examples of the golden ratio that are found in the world and we will see why the golden ratio is important and appears in many places.

The golden ratio can be found in one of the latest things to sweep the nation; width TV s Before the year 1950, all movies had an aspect ratio of 4:3, or 1.33:1. The ratio is found by dividing the screen width by the height. Around 1950, the film industry began to worry about the impact of television on theatrical attendance, and began experimenting with different forms of screen systems for much larger viewing angles. These programs were unique because they were outside the television set of the time, and they were more pleasing to the eye. After many experiments, the film industry settled on two aspect ratios: 1.66:1, which was widely used in Europe and Disney animations < /a> and 1.78:1, the form widely used in the United States of America. Both of which are very similar to the golden ratio 1.61:1. For this reason, many TVs are made that have an aspect ratio of 16:9 as this “golden” aspect ratio was invented by the film industry.¹

Another place where the golden ratio can be found is in music. Many classical musicians were also mathematicians, and you can often see examples of the golden ratio in their work. One of the most important musicians is Joseph Schillinger. Schillinger was a music teacher in the 1930s, in fact one of his students was Gershwin. He devised a method of composition that used the golden ratio and its cousin, the Fibonacci numbers. Schillinger determined where the notes went in his music by using the Fibonacci sequence to define the space between the notes he wrote. If you take the space between the two notes and divide it between the previous two notes, you will have a golden ratio of 1:1.61 or something close to it.²

What is the reason that the golden system is used so much? Many experts say that it is aesthetically pleasing. Perhaps it is because the rectangle, which represents the golden ratio with its sides of length, is similar to our field of vision. designers, Elizabeth Feeney and John Hively,” say the golden ratio just ‘feels right.’

Nor are they the only ones who use the golden ratio in their line of work. For example, ProportionofBlu, a Los Angles blue-jeans vendor, wanted to incorporate a golden ratio into blue jeans. The company says that this system should be designed for details such as the curve of the front breast, the proportions of the back breast, and the ratio of the hip seam to the jeans. The jeans company should be believed to be aesthetically pleasing, based on the fact that their philosophy is “Recognizing the nature of things insystem that is pleasing in itself.” And although there is little evidence to show that the golden ratio has any aesthetic appeal, many people continue to use it because it just looks good.⁵ ‘ i>