The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the "correct" or "perfect" human, as have many cultures both ancient and modern. This set of proportions was created using:
A. rhythm.
B. form.
C. the golden mean.
D. the golden section.
E. a squared grid.
E
As evident in unfinished works, we can see that the ancient Egyptians started with grids with each palm of the hand occupying one square of the grid.
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