Embedded Symmetries Natural And Cultural
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Embedded Symmetries Natural And Cultural
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Author : Dorothy Koster Washburn
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2004
Embedded Symmetries Natural And Cultural written by Dorothy Koster Washburn and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
Scholars representing several disciplines examine how patterns and symmetry are expressed and resonate in a variety of man's creations and cultures.
Symmetry
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Author : György Darvas
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-02-15
Symmetry written by György Darvas and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-15 with Architecture categories.
The first comprehensive book on the topic in half a century explores recent discoveries related to symmetry and symmetry breaking, discussing the questions and answers they raise in a broad range of disciplines: particle and high-energy physics, structural chemistry and the biochemistry of proteins, genetic code study, brain research, as well as architectural structures and business decision-making, to name but a few examples.
Symmetries In Arts Culture And Nature
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Author : 朗人·有馬
language : ja
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Symmetries In Arts Culture And Nature written by 朗人·有馬 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Handbook Of Cognitive Mathematics
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Author : Marcel Danesi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-10-31
Handbook Of Cognitive Mathematics written by Marcel Danesi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-31 with Mathematics categories.
Cognitive mathematics provides insights into how mathematics works inside the brain and how it is interconnected with other faculties through so-called blending and other associative processes. This handbook is the first large collection of various aspects of cognitive mathematics to be amassed into a single title, covering decades of connection between mathematics and other figurative processes as they manifest themselves in language, art, and even algorithms. It will be of use to anyone working in math cognition and education, with each section of the handbook edited by an international leader in that field.
Symbol Pattern And Symmetry
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Author : Michael Hann
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-11-21
Symbol Pattern And Symmetry written by Michael Hann and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Architecture categories.
Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring how connections and comparisons in geometrical pattern can be made across different cultures and how the significance of these designs has influenced craft throughout history. The book features illustrative examples of symbol and pattern from a wide range of historical and cultural contexts, from Byzantine, Persian and Assyrian design, to case studies of Japanese and Chinese patterns. Looking at each culture's specific craft style, Hann shows how the visual arts are underpinned with a strict geometric structure, and argues that understanding these underlying structures enables us to classify and compare data from across cultures and historical periods. Richly illustrated with both colour and black and white images, and with clear, original commentary, the book enables students, practitioners, teachers and researchers to explore the historical and cultural significance of symbol and pattern in craft and design, ultimately displaying how a geometrical dialogue in design can be established through history and culture.
A Cultural History Of Twin Beds
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Author : Hilary Hinds
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-11
A Cultural History Of Twin Beds written by Hilary Hinds and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-11 with Social Science categories.
A Cultural History of Twin Beds challenges our most ingrained assumptions about intimacy, sexuality, domesticity and hygiene by tracing the rise and fall of twin beds as a popular sleeping arrangement for married couples between 1870 and 1970. Modern preconceptions of the twin bed revolve around their use by couples who have no desire to sleep in the same bed space. Yet, for the best part of a century, twin beds were not only seen as acceptable but were championed as the sign of a modern and forward-thinking couple. But what lay behind this innovation? And why did so many married couples ultimately abandon the twin bed?In this book, Hilary Hinds presents a fascinating insight into the combination of beliefs and practices that made twin beds an ideal sleeping solution. Using nuanced close readings of marriage guidance and medical advice books, furnishing catalogues, novels, films and newspapers, this volume offers an accessible and rigorous account of the curious history of twin beds. This is vital reading for those with an interest in cultural history, sociology, anthropology and psychology.
Art Nature And Religion In The Central Andes
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Author : Mary Strong
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Art Nature And Religion In The Central Andes written by Mary Strong and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Art categories.
From prehistory to the present, the Indigenous peoples of the Andes have used a visual symbol system—that is, art—to express their sense of the sacred and its immanence in the natural world. Many visual motifs that originated prior to the Incas still appear in Andean art today, despite the onslaught of cultural disruption that native Andeans have endured over several centuries. Indeed, art has always been a unifying power through which Andeans maintain their spirituality, pride, and culture while resisting the oppression of the dominant society. In this book, Mary Strong takes a significantly new approach to Andean art that links prehistoric to contemporary forms through an ethnographic understanding of Indigenous Andean culture. In the first part of the book, she provides a broad historical survey of Andean art that explores how Andean religious concepts have been expressed in art and how artists have responded to cultural encounters and impositions, ranging from invasion and conquest to international labor migration and the internet. In the second part, Strong looks at eight contemporary art types—the scissors dance (danza de tijeras), home altars (retablos), carved gourds (mates), ceramics (ceramica), painted boards (tablas), weavings (textiles), tinware (hojalateria), and Huamanga stone carvings (piedra de Huamanga). She includes prehistoric and historic information about each art form, its religious meaning, the natural environment and sociopolitical processes that help to shape its expression, and how it is constructed or performed by today’s artists, many of whom are quoted in the book.
Ceramics Of Ancient America
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Author : Yumi Park Huntington
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2018-09-12
Ceramics Of Ancient America written by Yumi Park Huntington and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-12 with Social Science categories.
This is the first volume to bring together archaeology, anthropology, and art history in the analysis of pre-Columbian pottery. While previous research on ceramic artifacts has been divided by these three disciplines, this volume shows how integrating these approaches provides new understandings of many different aspects of Ancient American societies. Contributors from a variety of backgrounds in these fields explore what ceramics can reveal about ancient social dynamics, trade, ritual, politics, innovation, iconography, and regional styles. Essays identify supernatural and humanistic beliefs through formal analysis of Lower Mississippi Valley "Great Serpent" effigy vessels and Ecuadorian depictions of the human figure. They discuss the cultural identity conveyed by imagery such as Andean head motifs, and they analyze symmetry in designs from locations including the American Southwest. Chapters also take diachronic approaches—methods that track change over time—to ceramics from Mexico’s Tarascan State and the Valley of Oaxaca, as well as from Maya and Toltec societies. This volume provides a much-needed multidisciplinary synthesis of current scholarship on Ancient American ceramics. It is a model of how different research perspectives can together illuminate the relationship between these material artifacts and their broader human culture. Contributors: | Dean Arnold | George J. Bey III | Michael Carrasco | David Dye | James Farmer | Gary Feinman | Amy Hirshman | Yumi Park Huntington | Johanna Minich | Shelia Pozorski and Thomas Pozorski | Jeff Price | Sarahh Scher | Dorothy Washburn | Robert F. Wald
Symmetry In Vision
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Author : Marco Bertamini
language : en
Publisher: MDPI
Release Date : 2018-07-09
Symmetry In Vision written by Marco Bertamini and has been published by MDPI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-09 with Electronic book categories.
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Symmetry in Vision" that was published in Symmetry
The Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Mathematics
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Author : Eleanor Robson
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-12-18
The Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Mathematics written by Eleanor Robson and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-18 with Mathematics categories.
This Handbook explores the history of mathematics under a series of themes which raise new questions about what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. It addresses questions of who creates mathematics, who uses it, and how. A broader understanding of mathematical practitioners naturally leads to a new appreciation of what counts as a historical source. Material and oral evidence is drawn upon as well as an unusual array of textual sources. Further, the ways in which people have chosen to express themselves are as historically meaningful as the contents of the mathematics they have produced. Mathematics is not a fixed and unchanging entity. New questions, contexts, and applications all influence what counts as productive ways of thinking. Because the history of mathematics should interact constructively with other ways of studying the past, the contributors to this book come from a diverse range of intellectual backgrounds in anthropology, archaeology, art history, philosophy, and literature, as well as history of mathematics more traditionally understood. The thirty-six self-contained, multifaceted chapters, each written by a specialist, are arranged under three main headings: 'Geographies and Cultures', 'Peoples and Practices', and 'Interactions and Interpretations'. Together they deal with the mathematics of 5000 years, but without privileging the past three centuries, and an impressive range of periods and places with many points of cross-reference between chapters. The key mathematical cultures of North America, Europe, the Middle East, India, and China are all represented here as well as areas which are not often treated in mainstream history of mathematics, such as Russia, the Balkans, Vietnam, and South America. A vital reference for graduates and researchers in mathematics, historians of science, and general historians.