Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry
Author | : Michael Hann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Culture |
ISBN | : 9781474294119 |
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Author | : Michael Hann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Culture |
ISBN | : 9781474294119 |
Author | : Michael Hann |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2013-11-21 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1472539001 |
Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring how connections and comparisons in geometrical pattern can be made across different cultures and how the significance of these designs has influenced craft throughout history. The book features illustrative examples of symbol and pattern from a wide range of historical and cultural contexts, from Byzantine, Persian and Assyrian design, to case studies of Japanese and Chinese patterns. Looking at each culture's specific craft style, Hann shows how the visual arts are underpinned with a strict geometric structure, and argues that understanding these underlying structures enables us to classify and compare data from across cultures and historical periods. Richly illustrated with both colour and black and white images, and with clear, original commentary, the book enables students, practitioners, teachers and researchers to explore the historical and cultural significance of symbol and pattern in craft and design, ultimately displaying how a geometrical dialogue in design can be established through history and culture.
Author | : Dorothy K. Washburn |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2021-02-17 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0486842320 |
This groundbreaking collaboration between an anthropologist and a mathematician constitutes both a collection of symmetrical pattern designs from many cultures and a monograph on pattern design and the classification of symmetrical patterns. Intended for art historians, anthropologists, classical archaeologists, and others interested in the study of material culture, it can also serve as a reference and inspiration for the use of symmetrical patterns in art and design. "This richly illustrated study brings to light dozens of intriguing examples of symmetrical designs, for instance, in a Zulu loincloth, a Japanese chopstick case, a New England quilt, a Tibetan 'Plaque of a Thousand Lamas,' a Hawaiian water gourd. The same pattern found in a fantastical drawing of lizards by M. C. Escher is echoed in a Fijian basket lid and an Egyptian wall mosaic." — Publishers Weekly "This extremely useful guide to classifying plane pattern designs … is extensively illustrated with carvings, textiles, baskets, tiles, and poetry, which are used as examples of various symmetry patterns." — American Anthropologist "An impressive book—both in terms of its physical appearance and its content ... will undoubtedly become the major reference on the analysis of patterns in terms of symmetry properties." — Antiquity
Author | : Dorothy Koster Washburn |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780295983660 |
The two volumes together offer readers a new window into the communicative importance of design."--Jacket.
Author | : Peter S. Stevens |
Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9780262690881 |
Examines the structural anatomy of patterns, shows how reflections, rotations, and translations create symmetrical patterns, and shows examples from textiles, pottery, mosaics, natural forms, and Escher prints
Author | : Ian Stewart |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2013-05-30 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 019165275X |
In the 1800s mathematicians introduced a formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the theory of equations. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences, and its applications range across the entire subject. Symmetry governs the structure of crystals, innumerable types of pattern formation, how systems change their state as parameters vary; and fundamental physics is governed by symmetries in the laws of nature. It is highly visual, with applications that include animal markings, locomotion, evolutionary biology, elastic buckling, waves, the shape of the Earth, and the form of galaxies. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart demonstrates its deep implications, and shows how it plays a major role in the current search to unify relativity and quantum theory. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Marjorie Senechal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1977-06-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780870233456 |
Author | : C E Horne |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2000-10-23 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1855738953 |
This book encompasses a wide range of mathematical concepts relating to regularly repeating surface decoration from basic principles of symmetry to more complex issues of graph theory, group theory and topology. It presents a comprehensive means of classifying and constructing patterns and tilings. The classification of designs is investigated and discussed forming a broad basis upon which designers may build their own ideas. A wide range of original illustrative material is included.In a complex area previously best understood by mathematicians and crystallographers, the author develops and applies mathematical thinking to the context of regularly repeating surface-pattern design in a manner accessible to artists and designers. Design construction is covered from first principles through to methods appropriate for adaptation to large-scale screen-printing production. The book extends mathematical thinking beyond symmetry group classification. New ideas are developed involving motif orientation and positioning, including reference to a crystal structure, leading on to the classification and construction of discrete patterns and isohedral tilings.Designed to broaden the scope of surface-pattern designers by increasing their knowledge in otherwise impenetrable theory of geometry this 'designer friendly' book serves as a manual for all types of surface design including textiles, wallpapers and wrapping paper. It is also of value to crystallographers, mathematicians and architects.
Author | : Syed Jan Abas |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 1994-12-30 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9814502219 |
This book on symmetric geometric patterns of Islamic art has educational, aesthetic, cultural and practical purposes. Its central purpose is to bring to the attention of the world in general, and the people of Islamic culture in particular, the potential of the art for providing a unified experience of science and art in the context of mathematical education. Unlike other books on Islamic patterns, this book emphasizes the educational potential in the context of modern physics, chemistry, crystallography and computer graphics. The symmetric structure of about 250 Islamic patterns is presented. Simple, but detailed original, unpublished algorithms suitable for modern computer graphics are given for the construction of two-dimensional periodic patterns. Endorsed by prominent experts from the fields of Physics to Systems and Cybernetics, this book promises to be a must-read, not only for specialised mathematicians, but also for students, graphic artists, illustrators, computer hobbyists, as well as the lay reader keen to explore Islamic art.
Author | : C E Horne |
Publisher | : Woodhead Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2000-10-23 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1855734923 |
This book covers a wide range of mathematical concepts as they are applied to regularly repeating surface decoration for textiles and other decorated materials such as wallpapers and wrappings. Starting with basic principles of symmetry it moves on to cover more complex issues of graph theory, group theory and topology. All these concepts are extensively illustrated with over 1000 original illustrations. A complex area, previously best understood by mathematicians and crystallographers, is made accessible here to artists and designers.