Handbook of regular patterns: An introduction to symmetry in two dimensions

Peter S. Stevens

ISBN 10: 0262191881 / ISBN 13: 9780262191883

Published by MIT Press, 1981

About this Item

Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of regular patterns: An introduction to symmetry in two dimensions
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262191881
• ISBN 13: 9780262191883
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Most books catalog patterns either by motif or historical period. This handbook takes a different approach by revealing the structural anatomy of patterns, showing how they are generated and how their parts interrelate. It demonstrates how designers and artists, whether students or professionals, can play limitless variations upon a few fundamental patterns and structural arrangements.

The book explores these configurations step by step, starting with simple symmetries of mirror reflections, rotations, translations, and glide-reflections, building to point groups and the seven distinct band or linear arrays, and culminating in the seventeen full-fledged wallpaper patterns. A concluding chapter presents a visual synopsis of the basic patterns.

About the Author

Peter S. Stevens is a registered architect, practicing artist, and author of Patterns in Nature.