Symmetries of culture : theory and practice of plane pattern analysis /

"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, classi...

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Main Authors: Washburn, Dorothy Koster (Author), Crowe, Donald W. (Donald Warren), 1927- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2020.
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Summary:"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"--
Item Description:"This Dover edition, first published in 2020, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by University of Washington Press, Seattle, in 1988"--Colophon.
Physical Description:pages cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780486842325
0486842320