Symmetry

Through the Eyes of Old Masters

Emil Makovicky (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XX, 240 Seiten

2016
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-041705-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Autor

Emil Makovicky, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Rezensionen

"What this book does do is illustrate, with dozens and dozens of beautiful photographs (all of them taken by the author), how symmetry is found in all sorts of examples of classical art from around the world: mosaics, marble floors, windows, vases, etc. [...] I can't imagine it being used as a text in a mathematics course, but I can certainly see a professor showing slides from it to illustrate the mathematics that is learned from another source. And I can also see a professor just flipping through the pages of this book for fun, enjoying one beautiful photograph after another." MAA Reviews

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 354 col. ill.
• Verlagsort: Basel/Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 781 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Schlagworte: Hypersymmetry • Linear Groups • ornaments • periodic patterns • Plane groups
• ISBN-10: 3-11-041705-7 / 3110417057
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-041705-0 / 9783110417050
• Zustand: Neuware