Monticello by Thomas Jefferson
Symmetry is a basic principle of classical design.
Leonardo DiVinci
The Last Supper
Buildings and paintings often are based on mirror-image symmetry
where each side reflects the other.
St. Albans Cathedral
Something we see in traditional quilt patterns
in which the sides are identical but flipped as a mirror image.
Bilateral symmetry gives a composition a solidity and
sedateness.
Or perhaps a dull and static quality,
Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright
One reason modern architects explored the asymmetrical building.
And fashion designers the asymmetrical garment.
Louise Brooks
Picasso dress for White Stag
1963
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