The Golden Rectangle is considered to be one of the most pleasing and beautiful shapes to look at, which is why many artists have used it in their work.
The two artists, who are perhaps the most famous for their use of the golden ratio, are Leonardo Da Vinci and Piet Mondrian.
It can be found in art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, in works of the Renaissance period, through to modern art of the 20th Century. The Golden Rectangles present in the following Figures, are quite obvious. However, various features of the Mona Lisa have Golden proportions, too.
The Parthenon was perhaps the best example of a mathematical approach to art.