A large art/math book on patterns. Lots of illustrations throughout with various patterns and their history etc. Cover shows minimal wear, while book itself is clean and 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

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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.

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