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==The larger context== The idea of an intimate relationship between mathematical structure and visual appeal is one of the recurring themes of Western art and is prominent during several of its periods of fluorescence including that of dynastic Egypt;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legon.demon.co.uk/canon.htm|author=Legon, John|title=The Cubit and the Egyptian Canon of Art|accessdate=April 26, 2015}}</ref> Greece of the classic era;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/ARTH209/Doyphoros.html|title=Polyclitus's Canon and the Idea of Symmetria|publisher=SUNY Oneonta|accessdate=April 26, 2015}}</ref> the Renaissance (as already noted); and on into the [[Geometric abstraction]] of the 20th century, especially as practiced by [[Georges Vantongerloo]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=6091|title=The Collection: Georges Vantongerloo|publisher=The Museum of Modern Art|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> and [[Max Bill]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/14/obituaries/max-bill-85-painter-sculptor-and-architect-in-austere-style.html|author=Smith, Roberta|date=December 14, 1994|title=Max Bill, 85, Painter, Sculptor And Architect in Austere Style|work=New York Times|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref>
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