I think this is the latest academic research into into the aesthetic pleasingness of rectangles. McManus 2010 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/staff/cehp-staff/i_mcmanus Conclusion is that the golden rectangle is not the world's favourite rectangle, but that people do have strong preferences, which merit study. alex On 1 Sep 2012, at 18:13, Dan Asimov wrote:
As many mathematicians have pointed out, the Parthenon -- perhaps the most commonly cited manmade example of the golden ratio -- isn't even close.
Has anyone in modern times ever performed the experiment that asks subjects to adjust the ratio of a rectangle's sides (maybe via computer graphics) until it is most aesthetically pleasing?
I'd be very curious to learn the results of such an experiment.
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