a + b
Is to a
As a is to b.
A golden rectangle with longer side a,
And shorter side b,
When placed next to a square
With sides of length a,
Produces a similar golden rectangle,
With longer side a + b,
And shorter side a.
This mean has been applied
Throughout history,
The Pyramids,
Pythagoras,
Euclid,
Da Vinci,
Kepler,
Fibonacci,
Bartok,
Penrose.
The Swiss architect,
Le Corbusier knew this,
Le Corbusier lived this,
Le Corbusier produced this perfectly
In the Villa Stein.
The golden mean,
Or phi – Φ.
© Caro Ness 2015