Art and Design

Introduction

The golden section and composition of paintings

Cedric Morris liked to work naturally and instinctively. He didn’t plan his pictures at all. But his ‘eye’ for what worked well in a painting often showed the golden ratio. Caeharris Post Office has strong features on the golden section. Vertical features are: on the right, the road-sign and the chimney above it, and on the left the middle tree and the red brick building. Horizontal features are: in the lower area the shadow under the roofs, and in the upper area the top of the roof on the left, a line in the red brick building and the top of the short chimney.