Stripes, grids and checks 1st ed.

Author

• Hann, M. A.

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781474255110

Series

Subject(s)

• DECORATION AND ORNAMENT-THEMES, MOTIVES
• GRIDS (CRISSCROSS PATTERNS)
• STRIPES

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-138) and index

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Abstract

Stripes, Grids and Checks considers the nature of lines and assemblies of lines, including stripes and grids, as well as related phenomena such as checks, tilings and patterns, regular and irregular, repeating and non-repeating. A wide range of examples are drawn from urban and rural environments, at the macro and micro levels, in land- and cityscapes, buildings, and other designed constructions, compositions and objects.

Considered conventionally, checks, periodic tilings and regular patterns owe their compositional arrangements to an order imposed by an underlying grid structure. The intention in this book is to analyse, explain and illustrate the nature of each design type, to identify the structural (or geometric) similarities between each and to show how the manipulation of various underlying grid structures can provide innovative compositional frameworks for artists and designers.

The discussion is richly illustrated with 400 black and white images and an eight page colour section.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xviii, 141 p.) :

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Machine generated contents note: --
1. Introduction --
2. Fundamentals (lines and stripes) --
3. Enclosed figures (regular polygons and circles) --
4. Dynamic rectangles --
5. Grids, natural and manufactured --
6. Checks, plaids and tartans --
7. Tilings, --
8. Patterns --
9. Analytical frameworks --
10. Compositional frameworks --
11. In conclusion. --
Sample student assignments and exercises --
Bibliography, References and Endnotes.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00206/20	701.15 Han S	Online !	Available