Facts about Golden Ratio in Art and Design
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In typography and graphic design, the golden ratio is used to establish harmonious relationships between font sizes, line heights, and spacing.
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A rectangle whose sides are in the golden ratio is called a golden rectangle, from which a square can be repeatedly removed to produce a logarithmic spiral.
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Le Corbusier developed the Modulor system in the 1940s, a human-scale design framework explicitly grounded in golden ratio proportions.
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Salvador Dalí explicitly used the golden ratio in composing The Sacrament of the Last Supper, dividing the canvas according to its proportions.
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The golden ratio, approximately 1.618, is an irrational number represented by the Greek letter phi, used by artists and architects to create aesthetically proportioned compositions.