Show pageBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ===== 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]] {{:ed649.jpg?nolink|}}\\ Symmetry (vertical axis)\\ \\ {{:6b26e.jpg?nolink|}}\\ Symmetry in architecture: reconstruction of the Parthenon (vetical axis)\\ \\ {{:9f207.jpg?nolink|}}\\ Symmetry (horizontal axis)\\ <wrap lo>Claude Monet. //Misty Morning on the Seine, Mauve//. 1897.</wrap>\\ \\ {{:24858.jpg?nolink|}}\\ 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>\\ \\ {{:2f189.jpg?nolink|}}\\ Radial Symmetry (horizontal and veritcal axis)