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Symmetry : Through the Eyes of Old Masters / Emil Makovicky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter (O), [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (XX, 240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110417050
  • 9783110417197
  • 9783110417142
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 701/.8 23
LOC classification:
  • N7431 .M35 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Fundamental categories -- 2. The convenient start: Plane groups of symmetry -- 3. Intertwined patterns: Layer groups of symmetry -- 4. Two-colored periodic ornamentation -- 5. Polychromatic patterns -- 6. Beyond 2D groups: Hypersymmetry, superstructures, two symmetries in one pattern, the “order-disorder” patterns, homothety and similarity, inversion and nonlinear patterns -- 7. Quasiperiodic patterns -- 8. Fractals and fractal character -- 9. Style and symmetry – symmetry and style -- References -- Index
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 reader alike. Contents:IntroductionFundamental categoriesThe convenient start: Plane groups of symmetryIntertwined patterns: Layer groups of symmetryTwo-colored periodic ornamentationPolychromatic patternsBeyond 2D groups: Hypersymmetry, superstructures, two symmetries in one pattern, the "order-disorder" patterns, homothety and similarity, inversion and nonlinear patternsQuasiperiodic patternsFractals and fractal characterStyle and symmetry – symmetry and styleReferencesIndex

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Fundamental categories -- 2. The convenient start: Plane groups of symmetry -- 3. Intertwined patterns: Layer groups of symmetry -- 4. Two-colored periodic ornamentation -- 5. Polychromatic patterns -- 6. Beyond 2D groups: Hypersymmetry, superstructures, two symmetries in one pattern, the “order-disorder” patterns, homothety and similarity, inversion and nonlinear patterns -- 7. Quasiperiodic patterns -- 8. Fractals and fractal character -- 9. Style and symmetry – symmetry and style -- References -- Index

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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 reader alike. Contents:IntroductionFundamental categoriesThe convenient start: Plane groups of symmetryIntertwined patterns: Layer groups of symmetryTwo-colored periodic ornamentationPolychromatic patternsBeyond 2D groups: Hypersymmetry, superstructures, two symmetries in one pattern, the "order-disorder" patterns, homothety and similarity, inversion and nonlinear patternsQuasiperiodic patternsFractals and fractal characterStyle and symmetry – symmetry and styleReferencesIndex

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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