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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Farris, Frank A

Titel

Frieze Functions (from Rosettes!)

Ist Teil von

• Creating Symmetry, 2015, p.50-59

Ort / Verlag

United States: Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Question: How do you make functions invariant under a given frieze group, and how many of these groups are there? Every symmetry of a rosette pattern necessarily fixes the origin of our plane—rather a stern limitation on a pattern. Friezes—patterns invariant under translations in a single direction—provide a next natural category of symmetry groups, where the origin is allowed to echo through a pattern in a limited way. Named for an architectural feature—a band of decor below a roofline—friezes are seen in many other places than building exteriors. Look for them in wallpaper bands along