Since ancient times, the plant world has had a significant impact on the development of our civilization. Moreover, this was often expressed not only in the fact that herbs were used as medications. Thus, the beauty of plants has always given inspiration to artists and sculptors.
But this is not only a banal admiration! Thus, professional architects have long established that the beauty of plants in a mathematical sense is expressed in almost all the greatest creations of architects of the past.
In most of the architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg, the canons that were adopted in ancient Greece are clearly traced.
Moreover, a characteristic feature of these floral ornaments is that they do not show any deep meaning, but suggest a general emotional coloring, which the architect put into his creation.
So, a flower is not only the beauty of plants in our usual sense, but tenderness, touching, oak shows willpower and inflexibility, and the image of a branch with buds emphasizes the sophistication of the ensemble and demonstrates the revival of life from the cold of winter.
However, the Greeks we mentioned were far more pragmatic than the builders of St. Petersburg. Do you know anything about the so-called golden ratio? If not, then you probably missed geometry classes at school.
To understand how the beauty of plants and the mathematical concept are interconnected, let's talk a little about psychology. It is known that some objects and forms subconsciously attract us, while others avert at first sight.
There is still no adequate explanation for this phenomenon, but ancient Greek mathematicians have deduced one strict regularity.
It turned out that any form, which is based on beauty, harmony and some proportion, immediately attracts the eye of a person. This proportion is the golden ratio, which in mathematical form can be expressed by the formula: “a: b = b: c”.
In simple terms (as far as possible), this is a division of a certain segment into two parts that are not equal to each other. Moreover, the entire segment relates to the largest part as it relates to the smaller one.
It is the beauty of plants (whose photos confirm this) that gave rise to the unique Parthenon, which still continues to be considered the highest manifestation of aesthetics, functionality and perfection in all its splendor.
In 1983, a native of Bulgaria, the mathematician Tsvetan Tsekov-Pencil, published calculations showing the presence of a second sectional shape, which stemmed from the first. In order not to bore you with the details, let's say that the ratio in this case is 44: 56.
It is these figures that biologists and mathematicians discovered by examining the aspect ratio of many flowers, trees and other natural objects. It is this same Muse that gave inspiration to the greatest creators in the history of mankind.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens - they all knew perfectly well that the amazing beauty of plants (photos of which are in our article) is not a banal literary stamp. It really exists, as if Nature is the ingenious Creator who created man in his own image and likeness.
