Systems of Proportion
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    In each case shown below, either we know that one or more system of proportion was used in the design, or evidence suggests it.
    The Garden Houses at OstiaPalladio's Villa Cornaro
    da Vinci's Vitruvius ManLe Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation
    The Court of Lions, the Alhambra

    The Golden Ratio

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    Janice Sklensky
    Wheaton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science