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ID: 300065748
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300065748

 

Record Type: concept
bilateral symmetry (axial symmetry, symmetry, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Extreme regularity of balance achieved by the correspondence of identical compositional units on either side of a central axis.
 
Terms:
bilateral symmetry (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
balance, symmetrical (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
symmetrical balance (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
symmetry, bilateral (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
兩側對稱 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
liǎng cè duì chèn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
liang ce dui chen (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
liang ts'e tui ch'en (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
bilaterale symmetrie (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
simetría bilateral (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of artistic concepts
............ artistic concepts (G)
Hierarchy of formal concepts (artistic concept)
................ formal concepts (artistic concept) (G)
Hierarchy of <form and composition concepts>
.................... <form and composition concepts> (G)
Hierarchy of symmetry
........................ symmetry (G)
Hierarchy of axial symmetry
............................ axial symmetry (G)
Hierarchy of bilateral symmetry
................................ bilateral symmetry (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 由中央軸任何一邊的相同構圖元件之一致性所達成的極致平衡。 
Dutch ..... Uiterst regelmatig evenwicht bereikt door het overeenkomen van de identieke compositiedelen aan beide zijden van een middenas. 
Spanish ..... Regularidad extrema de equilibrio logrado por la correspondencia de unidades composicionales idénticas a cada lado de un eje central. 

Sources and Contributors:
兩側對稱............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  TELDAP database (2009-)
balance, symmetrical............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
bilaterale symmetrie............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
bilateral symmetry............  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Pierce, From Abacus to Zeus (1987) 84
...................................  Taylor, Design and Expression in the Visual Arts (1964) 40
...................................  Wittkower, Sculpture (1977) 198
liang ce dui chen............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
liang ts'e tui ch'en............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
liǎng cè duì chèn............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
simetría bilateral............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
...................................  Ching, Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (1997) 89
...................................  Lajo y Surroca, Léxico de Arte (1990)
symmetrical balance............  [VP]
...................................  Ocvirk et al., Art Fundamentals (1981) 250
symmetry, bilateral............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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