“We therefore find that the triangles and rectangles herein described, enclose a large majority of the temples and cathedrals of the Greek and Gothic masters, for we have seen that the rectangle of the Egyptian triangle is a perfect generative medium, its ratio of five in width to eight in length 'encouraging impressions of contrast between horizontal and vertical lines' or spaces; and the same practically may be said of the Pythagorean triangle” NatureDesignHarmonyArchitectureProportionGolden RatioHistory Of MathematicsSacred GeometryPythagorean Book:Harmonic Proportion and Form in Nature, Art and Architecture Source: Harmonic Proportion and Form in Nature, Art and Architecture