Though the claim that the golden section has special aesthetic value is a very general one, till now it has been tested only for a very small number of different shapes, most research being restricted to the golden rectangle. An experiment is reported in which the way golden ratios are implemented in sides of objects is varied, producing a variety of shapes. It was found that the golden section does not have a special aesthetic quality as compared to the ratio 1.8.
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Frans Boselie (1997) studied this question.
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