Keywords: Georges Seurat, Parade de cirque, with golden mean overlay.jpg Artwork Q3823444 1887-88 oil on canvas cm 99 7 149 9 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art credit line Artwork-provenanceorcl bequest Stephen C Clark 1960 The golden section appears to govern Parades geometric structure though modern consensus is that Seurat never used this divine proportion in his work Parade is shown here divided horizontally into fourths and vertically into sixths The 4 6 ratio corresponds to the dimensions of the canvas which is one and one-half times wider than its vertical dimension The axes painted by Seurat do not correspond precisely to the golden section 1 1 6 as might have been expected yellow lines so1 - so4 Rather the axes painted in the composition correspond to basic mathematical divisions simple ratios that appear to approximate the golden section See Parade de cirque Circus Sideshow and citations within 61 101 17 http //www metmuseum org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437654 Metropolitan Museum of Art <gallery>File Georges Seurat 066 jpg</gallery> PD-old-100 Golden rectangle Golden ratio in art Uploaded with UploadWizard Parade de cirque |