TY - BOOK AU - Makovicky,Emil TI - Symmetry: through the eyes of old masters SN - 3110417057 AV - N7431 U1 - 701.8 22/ger PY - 2016///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Symmetry (Art) KW - Crystallography KW - Symmetry KW - Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) KW - Decoration and ornament N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://www.gbv.de/dms/art-berlin/835214699.pdf UR - https://zbmath.org/?q=an:1362.00002 ER -