I understand the math but I have no idea how it connects to art or “aesthetically pleasing shapes”.
Every image I see looks like a spiral slapped randomly onto a painting, and sometimes not even the entirety of the painting. The art never seems to follow any of the apparent guidelines of the spiral. I especially don’t understand it when it’s put on a persons face.
I can see and understand the balance of artistic uses of things such as “the rule of 3rds” and negative space, dynamic posing, etc. However, I cannot comprehend how the golden ratio attributes anything to the said * balance * of a work of art.
I saw an image of Parthenon in Athens, Greece with the golden ratio spiral over it. It’s just a symmetrical, rectangular building. I don’t understand how the golden ratio applies to it.
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Think of it like a motion capture suit. There are point on the suit that you can connect with that spiral. The only reason it’s a spiral is because sometimes you have to inflate the suit, so the spiral just ensures you can always connect the points, regardless of how big it is.
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