Human Body and the Golden section
It is a very
proveable fact that our human bodies are phi-designed as the golden
section template is intimatelyseen throughout our whole human form
ratio's. This absolutely proves that we like the macrocosm (the
planets, and stars) or the microcosm (of atomic and subatomic
particles) all were created using the PHI design. When conducting their researches or setting out their products,
artists, scientists and designers take the human body, the proportions of
which are set out according to the golden ratio, as their measure.
Leonardo da Vinci and Le Corbusier took the human body, proportioned
according to the golden ratio, as their measure when producing their
designs.
The first example of the golden ratio in the average human body is that
when the distance between the navel and the foot is taken as 1 unit, the
height of a human being is equivalent to 1.618. Some other golden
proportions in the average human body are:
The distance between the finger tip and the elbow / distance between
the wrist and the elbow, The distance between the shoulder line and the
top of the head / head length, The distance between the navel and the
top of the head / the distance between the shoulder line and the top of
the head, The distance between the navel and knee / distance between
the knee and the end of the foot.
Lift your hand from the computer mouse and look at the shape of your
index finger. You will in all likelihood witness a golden proportion
there.
Our fingers have three sections. The proportion of the first two to the
full length of the finger gives the golden ratio (with the exception of
the thumbs). You can also see that the proportion of the middle finger to
the little finger is also a golden ratio.
You have two hands, and the fingers on them consist of
three sections. There are five fingers on each hand, and
only eight of these are articulated according to the golden number:
2, 3, 5, and 8 fit the Fibonacci numbers.
There are several golden ratios in the human face. Do not pick up a
ruler and try to measure people's faces, however, because this refers to
the "ideal human face" determined by scientists and artists.
For example, the total width of the two front teeth in the upper jaw
over their height gives a golden ratio. The width of the first tooth from
the centre to the second tooth also yields a golden ratio. These are the
ideal proportions that a dentist may consider. Some other golden ratios in
the human face are:
Length of face / width of face, Distance between the lips and where
the eyebrows meet / length of nose, Length of face / distance between
tip of jaw and where the eyebrows meet, Length of mouth / width of
nose, Width of nose / distance between nostrils, Distance between
pupils / distance between eyebrows.
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