Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 54
from centres corresponding to the pointsof intersection of lines, such as have alreadybeen described. In so far it is only one of theinnumerable arbitrary shapes that may be soarranged. But the circle is so important afeature in itself, it so entirely alters thescope of geometric pattern, that it… … Pattern Dissection. 17 quence. Instinct must have preceded geo-metric principles in the mind of man. One may very easily deduce many of thecommon curvilinear patterns directly fromangular motives. (Plate 11.) The wave, for example, is a zigzag, justblunted at the points. Soften the lines of…
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