Embedded symmetries, natural and cultural / Dorothy K. Washburn, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Washburn, Dorothy Koster.

Amerind Foundation.

Series:

Amerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 6.

Amerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symmetry.

Symmetry (Art).

Material culture.

Culture--Semiotic models.

Culture.

Physical Description:

ix, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.

Summary:

Scholars representing several disciplines examine how patterns and symmetry are expressed and resonate in a variety of human relationships and institutions.

Contents:

Introduction: Embedded symmetries / Dorothy K. Washburn

Symmetries in development : the eye is quicker than the hand / Diane Humphrey

The perception of band patterns : going beyond geometry / Michael Kubovy and Lars Strother

Evolutionary developments in the cognition of symmetry / Thomas Wynn

The genesis of realistic and patterned representations / Dorothy K. Washburn

Symmetry schemes on Paracas Necrópolis textiles / Anne Paul

Jazz : an Andean sense of symmetry / Ed Franquemont

The ghost in the machine : symmetry and representation in ancient Antillean art / Peter G. Roe

Symmetry for itself, for culture, and for practice / F. Allan Hanson

Symmetry and semiotics : the case of Fijian barkcloth figuration / Rod Ewins.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Amerind Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-183) and index.

ISBN:

0826331521

OCLC:

55511354