The source of golden section and its reflection to art

The history of Golden Section has been based on very past. Many Golden Sectiontypes have been used so far but compared to other branches of fine arts especially the plasticarts, it has been used mostly. In the first years of 19th century Golden Section become thefocal point in mathematics in the subject of irrational numbers.The main reason of Golden Section why it makes discussion is its being in the nature.We see Golden Section in the structure of both plants and in the anatomy of animals. Inhuman anatomy golden number is 1,618.The Golden Section has been used in arts for a long time. The Pyramids which is oneof seven wonders of the world is the first example in art and architecture. After then, inAncient Greece the Golden Section was used dominantly especially in architecture. Thefamous Greek sculptor Phidias, the inventor of Phi number is a real Golden Section fun. Wesee Golden Section in every art work he made. More simply Phidias convert Golden Sectionin to mathematical form. After the finding of Phi number, the Golden Section become moreconcrete because it is expressed in mathematical form and more easy to explain to the peoplewho wants to learn about Golden Section.After then in the Renaissance Period, artists almost compete in order to use this ratiosystem in their artwork. Luca Pacioli explained Golden Section in his masterpiece called ?DeDivine Proportion? in this book Leonardo Da Vinci contributed Pacioli in the drawings of thebook. After the publication of this book Renaissance lived the most magnificent terms of itsperiod. especially we see Golden Section in the front side of gothic cathedrals.In modern times, Le Courbusier, adjust old system to modern system andindustrialization. He interpreted in different headline. Today?s industrial design not onlyGolden Section is used but also other ratio systems are used. Without ratio systems it isimpossible to make design. Golden Section fits to human ergonomics therefore the use ofGolden Section in the design of products that is made for human increases considerably.