1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. Loci: Lines That Connect -- Two. Congruence: Pattern as the Art of Connecting -- Three. Asymmetries: Pattern, Performance, and Mission Christianity -- Four. Symmetries: Pattern, Belief, and the Baha'i Faith -- Five. Repetition: The Logic of Pattern -- Six. Tangents: Pattern as the Fabric of Thought -- Seven. Trajectories: Pattern in Transition -- Eight. On the Mathematical Mind -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary
Building on historical and contemporary literature in anthropology and art theory, this title treats pattern as a material form of thought that provokes connections between disparate things through processes of resemblance, memory, and transformation. It contributes to the analysis of pattern and decorative art in the Pacific
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience
Specialized
Notes
English
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 25, 2016)