Symmetry : Through the Eyes of Old Masters.

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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"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Makovicky, E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin/Boston, UNITED STATES : De Gruyter, 2016.
©2016
Subjects:
Symmetry (Art)
Crystallography.
Symmetry.
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
Decoration and ornament.
Hypersymmetry.
Linear groups.
Ornaments.
Periodic patterns.
Plane groups.
Symétrie (Art)
Cristallographie.
Symétrie.
Motifs (Art décoratif)
Décoration et ornement.
ART > General.
Crystallography
Decoration and ornament
Symmetry
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments ; Contents ; Introduction ; 1 Fundamentalcategories ; 1.1 Symmetries of finite objects: Zero-dimensionalornaments ; 1.2 Friezes and guilloche ; 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 ; 6.1 Hypersymmetry.
  • 6.2 Superstructures and designs with several levels 6.3 Two or more symmetries in one pattern ; 6.4 Twinning ; 6.5 The "order-disorder" patterns ; 6.6 Homologous series ; 6.7 Inversion in a circle ; 6.8 Homothety and similarity ; 6.9 Chirality, enantiomorphs, hands.
  • 6.10 The nonlinear art of Hans Hinterreiter 7 Quasiperiodic patterns ; 8 Fractals and fractal character ; 9 Style and symmetry
  • symmetry and style ; References ; Index.

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