Golden Greek Faces From Mark Whal

Golden Greek Faces From Mark Whal

A GOLDEN GREEK FACE

Things you will need: Calculator; metric ruler (measures to mm)

Print Out This Page And The Next Page Of The Greek Statue Face

Statues of human bodies considered most perfect by the Greeks had many Golden Ratios. It turns out that the "perfect" (to the Greeks) human face has a whole flock of Golden Ratios as well.

You’ll be measuring lengths on the face of a famous Greek statue (with a broken nose) by using the instructions on this page. Before you start, notice that near the face on the second page are names for either a location on the face or a length between two places on the face. Lines mark those lengths or locations exactly.

Using your cm/mm ruler and the face picture on the next page, find each measurement below to the nearest millimeter, that is tenth of a cm or .1cm (___._ cm). Remember, you are measuring the distance or length between the two locations mentioned. You can use the marking lines to place the ruler for your measurements. Fill in this table.

a=Top-of-head to chin = ___.__ cm

b=Top-of-head to pupil = ___.__ cm

c=Pupil to nosetip = ___.__ cm

d=Pupil to lip = ___.__ cm

e=Width of nose = ___.__ cm

f=Outside distance between eyes =___.__ cm

g=Width of head = ___.__ cm

h=Hairline to pupil = ___.__ cm

i= Nosetip to chin = ___.__ cm

j=Lips to chin = ___.__ cm

k=Length of lips = ___.__ cm

l=Nosetip to lips = ___.__ cm

Now use these letters and go on to the next page to compute ratios with them with your calculator Remember: a/g, the first one, means find measurement a divided by measurement g as a rounded-off 3-decimal-place value.