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   calvin | Mar 22, 2022 09:13pm | #1

   Look up the “golden mean” .
   Ancient ratio for a historic proportion.

   https://medium.com/@gautamnag279/what-is-so-special-about-the-number-1-61803-7e0bbc0e89e2

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   user-7929748 | Mar 24, 2022 01:39pm | #2

   "Look up the 'golden mean'. Ancient ratio for a historic proportion. 1.618".....
   Multiply the average standing height of the human adult eyes (about 5 feet) and you get our common 8 foot ceilings. So a 5 foot wainscot gives us an artificial horizon inside a room. That's if we are standing there.
   But how about sitting? If the room is primarily used for sitting then perhaps the wainscot should be lower. (3-1/2 to 4 feet) But a higher wainscot might convey a sense of security. Or refuge from a busy family.
   And then how do windows fit in here?

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   calvin | Mar 25, 2022 10:44am | #3

   And then there is a “commercial” consideration. Commercial sort of…..
   How many times have you seen a decorative wainscot or “chair rail” not protect the walls from the backs of chairs.

   Designers will often mention color or texture defining the height of decorative pcs.

   Personal taste?

   As a true salesman once said, “if you like it, I love it”

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   cameraman | Apr 03, 2022 12:02pm | #4

   Being a retired photographer we have been taught the rules of composition have been established basically on the " Golden means" . In photography these are guidelines not set up by Eastman Kodak but by "mother nature." Photographers have simplified it and called it the "rule of thirds", a photograph sectioned off into 3rds, vertically and horizontally, and a more pleasing composition will have the focal point at an intersection of thirds. Leading the eye to a main focal point. Pleasing to the eye!!