▁been ▁used ▁since ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁times ▁in ▁many ▁works ▁of ▁art ▁and ▁architecture . ▁The ▁golden ▁mean ▁is ▁a ▁geometric ▁proportion , ▁the ▁ratio ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁approximately ▁ 1 : 1 . 6 1 8 . ▁This ▁complex ▁network ▁of ▁inter lock ing ▁rect angles , ▁tri angles ▁and ▁diagonal ▁lines , ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁calculate ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁Sm art ' s ▁paint ings , ▁which ▁form ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁all ▁his ▁art works . ▁For ▁Sm art , ▁geometry ▁and ▁precision ▁of ▁the ▁composition ▁is ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁successful ▁art , ▁much ▁like ▁how ▁com edic ▁timing ▁is ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁the ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁a ▁p unch ▁line . ▁" T od ay ' s ▁most ▁pre val ent ▁myth ▁is ▁that ▁Sm art ' s ▁work ▁has ▁no ▁content : ▁that ▁everything ▁is ▁a ▁compos itional ▁exercise ▁devoted ▁to ▁capt uring ▁a ▁formal ▁ideal ▁of ▁beauty ". ▁ ▁Sm art ' s ▁sur real ism ▁▁ ▁Sm art ' s ▁paint ings ▁have ▁been ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁' sur real ', ▁but ▁Sm art ▁cont ended ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁modern ▁urban ▁world ▁that ▁was ▁sur real ▁and ▁not ▁his ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁it . ▁" I ▁find ▁myself ▁moved ▁by ▁man ▁in ▁his ▁new ▁violent ▁environment . ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁paint ▁this ▁explicitly ▁and ▁beautiful ly   ... ▁only ▁very ▁recently ▁have ▁artists ▁again ▁started ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁their ▁real ▁surr ound ings ". ▁ ▁Some ▁critics ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁Sm art ' s ▁work ▁comments