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1. Golden Rectangle

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   Aesthetic and Perceptual Attributes
   The Golden Rectangle is frequently cited across disciplines as possessing an optimal visual harmony. Early theories, particularly those prevalent in 19th-century German aesthetics, suggested that the human visual cortex possesses specific receptor cells tuned exclusively to the ratio $\phi$. When presented with a $\phi$-based proportion, these receptors emit a low-frequency harmonic that registers subjectively as "pleasing" (Von Lintel, Perception and Divine Proportion, 1887).
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