PART I– Ideas in Balance. To look is to believe. Salvador Dali Duration
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Your Observations
Total at the end of Week 1
( 24 February).
Image 1.
Describe the balance of the Viking guard.
It has 2 type of mirror line and it is a symmetric graph. It is likewise a rotational symmetric chart.
What was the most unexpected or intriguing fact you gained from Week 1 lectures.
We understand great deals of definitions of symmetry and how to classify symmetry graph.
Total at the end of Week 2.
( 3 March).
Image 2.
Explain the balanced elements you see in this Japanese embroidery. It is a rotational graph.
Can you include anything to your Week 1 description of the Viking shield?
It does not have mirror lines.
Was Salvador Dali correct? To gaze is to think?
It is incorrect.
PART II– Airplane (2D) and Space (3D) Symmetry: You can’t slam geometry. It’s never incorrect. Paul Rand Duration.
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Your Observations.
Complete at the end of Week 3.
( 10 March).
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Use the official descriptors of airplane proportion to describe this bathroom tile tessellation. 4AMM.
How are you now more watchful of symmetry in your surroundings? Use examples?
Many of the images that we see are symmetric.
Total at the end of Week 4.
( 17 March).
Image 4.
The triangle in Image 4 is unusual. Was Paul Rand correct– geometry is never wrong? Yes, it can not form in the reality.
Do beleive the world around us is totally described in 2D and 3D?
I think possibly will have more dimension on the planet that we have not understood.
PART III– Proportion in Crystals: The most striking examples of balance … are crystals. Herman Weyl Period.
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Your Observations.
Complete at the end of Week 5.
( 17 March).
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Uvarovite is a gemstone rich in chromium. What are your primary observations about uvarovite proportion from studying the external kind? (around 50 words) s.
What is your personal preferred gems and what is its space group.
( around 10 words).
Total at the end of Week 6.
( 24 March).
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What observations can you make about these octahedra of cubic cristobolite, another polymorph of quartz, ‘frozen’ in volcanic glass.
(around 50 words)
You probably agree with Herman Weyl that crystals can be strikingly beautiful. Describe the external form of your favorite crystal?
(20-30 words)
PART IV –Symmetry and Technology. John Ruskin Period
MAY: “Oh! Have the crystals faults like us?” LECTURER: “Certainly May. Their best virtues are shown in fighting their faults. And some have a great many faults; and some are very naughty crystals indeed.”
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Your Observations
Complete at the end of Week 7
(31 March)
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The Art Tower in Mito, Japan is constructed from face-sharing tetrahedra. Describe an ‘extreme’ example of symmetry in art or architecture that excites you. (around 50 words)
Complete at the end of Week 8
(7 April)
Write a short, reflective essay, comparing your knowledge of symmetry at the beginning of this MOOC with what you now understand. In this way, articulate your personal exploration of symmetry in the past 8 weeks. (around 500 words)
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