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Symmetry, ornament and modularity / Slavik Vlado Jablan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 30.Publication details: [River Edge] New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9812777032
  • 9789812777034
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Symmetry, ornament and modularity.DDC classification:
  • 539.725 22
LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.S95 J319 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Ch. 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 -- ch. 2. Theory of isometric symmetry groups in E[symbol] and ornamental art. 2.1. Symmetry groups of rosettes G[symbol]. 2.2. Symmetry groups of friezes G[symbol]. 2.3. Symmetry groups of ornaments G[symbol] -- ch. 3. Similarity symmetry in E[symbol]. 3.1. Similarity symmetry groups of rosettes S[symbol] -- ch. 4. Conformal symmetry in E[symbol]\{O}. 4.1. Conformal symmetry groups in E[symbol] \ {O} -- ch. 5. The theory of symmetry and ornamental art -- ch. 6. Modularity in art.
Summary: Annotation 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.
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Annotation 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.

Ch. 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 -- ch. 2. Theory of isometric symmetry groups in E[symbol] and ornamental art. 2.1. Symmetry groups of rosettes G[symbol]. 2.2. Symmetry groups of friezes G[symbol]. 2.3. Symmetry groups of ornaments G[symbol] -- ch. 3. Similarity symmetry in E[symbol]. 3.1. Similarity symmetry groups of rosettes S[symbol] -- ch. 4. Conformal symmetry in E[symbol]\{O}. 4.1. Conformal symmetry groups in E[symbol] \ {O} -- ch. 5. The theory of symmetry and ornamental art -- ch. 6. Modularity in art.

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