The beauty of plants: does it only have an aesthetic value?

The vegetation world from ancient times had a considerable influence on the development of our civilization. And often it was expressed not only in the fact that herbs were used as medicines. So, the beauty of plants always gave inspiration to artists and sculptors.

But it's not just about banal admiration! Thus, professional architects have long established that the beauty of plants in the mathematical sense is expressed in almost all the greatest creations of the architects of the past.

In most of the architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg, there is a clear trace of the canons that were adopted in ancient Greece.

And a characteristic feature of these plant ornaments is that they do not show any deep meaning, but suggest a common emotional coloring that the architect has invested in his creation.

So, the flower is not only the beauty of plants in the usual sense, but tenderness, touching, oak shows willpower and inflexibility, and the image of a branch with kidneys emphasizes the refinement of the ensemble and demonstrates the revival of life from the cold of winter.

However, the Greeks mentioned by us were much more pragmatic than the builders of Peter. Do you know anything about the so-called golden section? If not, then you probably skipped geometry lessons at school.

To understand how the beauty of plants and the mathematical concept are interrelated, let's talk a little about psychology. It is known that some objects and forms are subconsciously attracting us, while others turn away at first sight.

There is no adequate explanation for this phenomenon until now, but ancient Greek mathematicians have derived one strict pattern.

It turned out that any form based on beauty, harmony and some proportion, immediately attracts the eye of a person. This proportion is the golden section, which in mathematical form can be expressed by the formula: "a: b = b: c".

If to speak in simple language (as far as possible), then this division of a certain segment into two parts, which are not equal to each other. And the whole segment so refers to the largest part, as it relates to the smaller.

It is the beauty of plants (the photos of which confirm this) gave rise to the unique Parthenon, which until now continues to be considered the highest manifestation of aesthetics, functionality and perfection in all its splendor.

In 1983, a native of Bulgaria, mathematician Tsvetan Tsekov-Pencil published calculations showing the presence of the second form of the section, which resulted from the first. In order not to bore you with details, let's say that the ratio in this case is 44: 56.

It was these figures that biologists and mathematicians discovered by examining the ratio of the sizes of many flowers, trees and other natural objects. It is this very Muse that gave inspiration to the greatest creators in the history of mankind.

Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens - they all knew perfectly well that the amazing beauty of plants (photos of which are in our article) is not a banal literary stamp. It really exists, as if Nature is the genius Creator who created man in his own image and likeness.