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Symmetry : through the eyes of old masters
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Title
Symmetry : through the eyes of old masters / Emil Makovicky.
ISBN
9783110417050
3110417057
Publication
Berlin ; Boston : de Gruyter, [2016]
Physical Description
xix, 240 pages ; 25 cm
Summary
"A large range of symmetries in art is presented through clear and aesthetically outstanding examples of historical ornaments. Compendious comments illustrate the selected photographic material by addressing the interested and specialist"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 02, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and indes.
Contents
Fundamental categories
The convenient start: plane groups of symmetry
Intertwined patterns: layer groups of symmetry
Two-colored periodic ornamentation
Polychromatic patterns
Beyond 2D groups: hypersymmetry, superstructures, two symmetries in one pattern, the (order-disorder) patterns, homothety and similarity, inversion and nonlinear patterns
Quasiperiodic patterns
Fractals and fractal character
Style and symmetry, symmetry and style.
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