Golden Ratio

The concept of the ‘Golden Ratio’ popularized by Leonardo da Vinci; expressed as the ratio of the largest to the smallest. In facial aesthetics, this ratio is the ratio of the large organs to the organs we call its subordinate organs. For example, the ratio of the face to the width of the neck, the ratio of the lips to the junction of the eyebrows, the ratio of the length of the nose to the length of the face, the tip of the chin to the junction of the eyebrows, the length of the mouth to the width of the nose, the width of the nose to the nostrils, and the distance between the pupils and the eyebrows.

The golden ratio is a geometric and numerical ratio relation observed between parts of a whole in mathematics and art, which is thought to give the most perfect dimensions in terms of harmony. It was discovered by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and was used in architecture and art.

The Golden Ratio was a ratio principle used by ancient civilizations. Everything in Nature corresponds to a numerical value. The ancient theorists of mathematics also used numbers to explain the working laws of nature, existence and causes. They explained some of the universal codes they found with the sequence patterns of numbers such as the Golden Ratio, Golden Spiral, Phi number, Fibonacci Sequence.

Plastic arts and architecture try to reach the aesthetic one by following these laws of harmony in nature. These mathematical patterns have also been used to calculate the ideal ratio in the human body. This harmony principle, which is quite evident in Ancient Egyptian Reliefs, Ancient Greek and Roman Artworks, is based on the Phi number of 1.618.