1. The Divine Proportion Is where the ratio of the whole line (A) to the large segment (B) is the same as the ratio of the large segment (B) to the small segment (C). Also known as the Golden Section

2. The eye, fins and tail all fall at golden sections of the length of a dolphin's body. The dimensions of the dorsal fin are golden sections (yellow and green). The thickness of the dolphin's tail section corresponds to same golden section of the line from head to tail. The eye-like markings of this moth fall at golden sections of the lines that mark its width and length. The spiral growth of sea shells provide a simple, but beautiful, example... There are many examples of the Golden Section or Divine Proportion in nature. The Divine Proportion in Nature

3. Its use may have started in Egypt with the building of the Pyramids. The Greeks referred to it as the “dividing line between mean and the extreme” and used it in architecture for balance and beauty. The Divine Proportion Renaissance artists were the first to refer to it as the Divine Proportion and used in art for beauty and balance.