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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Makovicky, Emil,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter (O), , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 240 p.)

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

Table of 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