MICHELANGELO
In his Creation of Adam, Michelangelo inserted God and Adam in a rectangle were the touch of the fingers is in the height and width golden ratio.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
RAPHAEL
Download a mathematic study of Raphael's school of Athen
Look also http://www.goldennumber.net/raphael-golden-ratio-in-renaissance-art/
Look also http://www.goldennumber.net/raphael-golden-ratio-in-renaissance-art/
MODERN ART
John Edmark is creating incredible moving sculptures based on the observation of the mathematical beauty of the plants, mostly the golden angle.
http://web.stanford.edu/~edmark/FLV/video.htm
http://web.stanford.edu/~edmark/FLV/video.htm