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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824173203321

Autore

Jablan Slavik V

Titolo

Symmetry, ornament and modularity / / Slavik Vlado Jablan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[River Edge] New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2002

ISBN

981-277-703-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

K & E series on knots and everything ; ; v. 30

Disciplina

701.8

Soggetti

Symmetry

Symmetry (Art)

Decoration and ornament

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents               ; Preface              ; Chapter 1 Introduction                             ; 1.1 Geometry and Its Basic Terms                                       ; 1.2 Transformations and Symmetry Groups                                              ; 1.3 Classification of Symmetry Transformations and Groups                                                                ; 1.4 Visual Interpretations of Symmetry Groups                                                    ; 1.5 Construction Methods. Desymmetrizations

1.6 Symbols of Symmetry Groups                                     1.7 Geometric-Visual Analysis of Symmetry Groups                                                       ; Chapter 2 Theory of Isometric Symmetry Groups in E2 and Ornamental Art                                                                             ; 2.1 Symmetry Groups of Rosettes G20                                          ; 2.1.1 Rosettes and Ornamental Art                                        ; 2.2 Symmetry Groups of Friezes G21

2.2.1 Friezes and Ornamental Art                                       2.3 Symmetry Groups of Ornaments G2                                          ; 2.3.1 Ornaments and Ornamental Art                                         ; Chapter 3 Similarity Symmetry in E2                                          ; 3.1 Similarity Symmetry Groups of Rosettes S20                                                     ; 3.1.1 Similarity Symmetry Rosettes and Ornamental Art

Chapter 4 Conformal Symmetry in E2\{O}                                             4.1 Conformal Symmetry Groups in E2 \ {O}                                                ; 4.1.1 Conformal Symmetry Rosettes and Ornamental Art                                                           ; Chapter 5 The Theory of Symmetry and Ornamental Art                                                          


; Chapter 6 Modularity in Art                                  ; Bibliography                   ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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