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Nature 448, 538 (2 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448538a; Published online 1 August 2007
Science in culture: Consulting nature's pattern-book
Martin Kemp1
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Abstract
Peter Randall-Page's massive granite sculpture for the Eden Project emulates natural form.
Long before scientists applied their analytical skills to underlying regularities of form and process in nature, artists intuitively exploited a repertoire of common patterns that recur across organic and inorganic forms. Some favourites, such as spirals and waves, feature as motifs in an astonishingly wide range of cultures over the ages.
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