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Excerpt from The Diagonal, Vol. 1: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Explanation of the Rediscovered Principles of Greek Design, Their Appearance in Nature and Their Application to the Needs of Modern Art; November, 1919 The principles of design to be found m the architecture of man and plant have been given the name Dynamic Symmetry. This symmetry is identical with that used by Greek mas ters in almost all the art produced during the great classical period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.