Saturday, February 21, 2009

El Número de Oro; Phi; la Divina Proporción

Entre los esquemas compositivos más utilizados está la llamada Proporción Divina. Formulada de manera rigurosa por Luca Pacioli en su obra La divina proporción, era ya conocida de antiguo.

Fue definida por Euclides como «división de un segmento en su media y extrema razón». Es decir, los dos segmentos son entre ellos lo que el más grande es al todo. Su fórmula es:

(a/b)=(a+b)/a


por Juan García Gálvez

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Union Square Peeler Peddler Joe Ades


Photo by Marcos Aspiazu
Originally uploaded by maspiazu
The city lost one its quintessential characters Sunday when the enigmatic Joe Ades died after decades spent selling his $5 vegetable peelers at the Union Square Greenmarket, and other locations around town. Ades, born in Manchester, England, was an unavoidable and entertaining presence at Union Square, and eventually became something of a media darling for his loud, hypnotic patter; his distinctive suits; and his incongruous Park Avenue address.”

Joe Ades , The King of New York Hacks and a potato peeler!!