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Author Jablan, Slavik V.

Title Symmetry, ornament and modularity / Slavik Vlado Jablan.

Publication Info. [River Edge] New Jersey : World Scientific, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : illustrations.
Series K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 30
K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 30.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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 -- chapter 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] -- chapter 3. Similarity symmetry in E[symbol]. 3.1. Similarity symmetry groups of rosettes S[symbol] -- chapter 4. Conformal symmetry in E[symbol]\{O}. 4.1. Conformal symmetry groups in E[symbol] \ {O} -- chapter 5. The theory of symmetry and ornamental art -- chapter 6. Modularity in art.
Subject Symmetry.
Symmetry (Art)
Decoration and ornament.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Nuclear.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Atomic & Molecular.
Decoration and ornament. (OCoLC)fst00889145
Symmetry. (OCoLC)fst01140811
Symmetry (Art) (OCoLC)fst01140816
Other Form: Print version: Jablan, Slavik V. Symmetry, ornament and modularity. River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2002 9812380809 9789812380807 (OCoLC)51062968
ISBN 9812777032 (electronic bk.)
9789812777034 (electronic bk.)
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