Symmetry

M. C. Escher: A Passion for Symmetry

My favorite online images illustrating symmetry

• The World of Escher: Nice collection of images in the Art Gallery
• The Escher Museum
  

Image: Study of regular division of the plane with reptiles
Image: Study of regular division of the plane with humans figures
Image: Day and Night
Image: Metamorphosis II (this is big!)

• Escher Web Sketch: Try your hand at drawing Escher-like patterns!

Other Resources for Plane Groups

Wallpaper Groups: The 17 plane symmetry groups

Identifying the 17 plane symmetry groups

Great examples of tilings from a variety of historical sources

Introduction to symmetry notation

On-line learning materials from the International Union of Crystallography

Space Group patterns

On-line learning materials from the International Union of Crystallography

Other Resources for Point Groups

On-line tutorial on Symmetry and Point Groups

Oxford University

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