Symmetry comes of age: the role of pattern in culture

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Role of Pattern in Culture by Dorothy K. Washburn and Donald W. Crowe1. Introduction to the Plane Symmetries by Donald W. Crowe2. Periodic Ornamentation of the Fabric Plane: Lessons from Peruvian Fabrics by Branko Grunbaum3. Creating Symmetry on the Loom by Carrie Brezine4. Symmetries on Mats Woven by Yombe Women from the Lower Congo: On the Interplay between Cultural Values and Mathematical-Technical Possibilities by Paulus Gerdes5. Continuity and Change in Zulu Beadwork Conventions: The Interaction of Color and Pattern by Frank Jolles6. Motion Pictures: Symmetry as Animator, Classifier, and Syntax in the Nasca Embroideries of Peru by Mary Frame7. Tanka, Chongo, Kutij: Structure of the World through Cloth by E. M. Franquemont and C. R. Franquemont8. Symmetry Analysis of Ica Valley Ceramics: Insights into Ica-Inca Interactions by Dorothy K. Washburn9. At Play in the Fields of Symmetry: Design Structure and Shamanic Therapy in the Upper Amazon by Peter G. Roe10. Cognitive Structures and Body Metaphors in the Aesthetic and Everyday Discourse of Turkish-Yoruk Weavers by Patricia DaughertyContributorsIndex

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