ENGLISH

Symmetry, ornament, and modularity

By Slavik Vlado Jablan

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2002
ISBN
9789812380807, 981-238-080-9
Open Library ID
OL9196240M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19362091 bytes)
Series
K & E series on knots and everything 30
Pages
343\343
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Искусство и искусствоведение;Изобразительное искус

Description

This book discusses the origins of ornamental art - illustrated by the oldest examples, dating mostly from the paleolithic and neolithic ages, and considered from the theory-of-symmetry point of view. Because of its multidisciplinary nature, it will interest a wide range of readers: mathematicians, artists, art historians, architects, psychologists, and anthropologists.The book represents the complete analysis of plane symmetry structures, so it can be used by artists as a guide to the creation of new symmetry patterns. Some parts of the contents (such as Chapter 4, about conformal symmetry, and Chapter 6, about modularity in art) give the reader an opportunity to develop computer programs for producing images illustrating the corresponding symmetry forms.

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