===== Symmetry =====

**Symmetry** refers to visual elements mirrored to the other half of the surface or form, in the case of 3-dimensional objects. Symmetry requires an axis by which the mirroring occurs. This axis can be vertical (left-right mirroring), horizontal (top-bottom mirroring), or diagonal.

Rotational symmetry refers to a variation in symmetry that allows for more than one mirroring of visual elements around a central point, rather than an axis. A kaleidoscope is an example of rotational symmetry. 

//Related concept//: [[asymmetry|asymmetry]]


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Symmetry (vertical axis)\\ 
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Symmetry in architecture: reconstruction of the Parthenon (vetical axis)\\ 
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Symmetry (horizontal axis)\\ 
<wrap lo>Claude Monet. //Misty Morning on the Seine, Mauve//. 1897.</wrap>\\ 
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Symmetry (vertical axis; symmetry does not have to be 100% identical across the axis)\\ 
<wrap lo>Claude Monet. //Pathway in Monet's Garden at Giverny.// 1900.</wrap>\\ 
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Radial Symmetry (horizontal and veritcal axis)