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In this paper, crystallographic aspects of ancient, medieval and modern Turkish ornaments are dealt with. Crystallographic patterns (CPs) are considerably different from other patterns. The following are characteristic of CPs: the edge of ornament elements draws the edge of the figure; maximal compactness of the ornament elements; lack of background or transformation of background to ornament elements; minimization of the variety of ornament elements; symmetry is not used for form creation. In the process of the construction of CPs, symmetry appears as a result of combination, not as a means of its formation that is characteristic of other ornaments. Their symmetries are analogous to symmetries of natural objects. The atoms and molecules dispose themselves in crystals just as elements arrange themselves in CPs. In other words, CPs are constructed according to the same principles of crystal formation, i.e. the …

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Crystallographic patterns | Symmetry | Tight packing | Turkish ornaments

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Crystallographic patterns in nature and Turkish art

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