Symmetry (English spelling)

Japanese: シンメトリー(英語表記)symmetry
Symmetry (English spelling)
Bilateral symmetry. The color, shape, and quality of an object or aesthetic object are arranged in the same way on the left and right or top and bottom around a central axis, creating a balanced, symmetrical relationship between the two. Conversely, when this relationship is broken or destroyed, it is called asymmetry. In the field of art, this relationship is clearly expressed in architecture, where most religious buildings and other buildings that require dignity and stability, regardless of style, maintain symmetry. Conversely, architecture that seeks playfulness and ease, or that is practical, often has asymmetry.

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Japanese:
左右相称の意。物体もしくは美的対象の構成が中心軸をめぐってその色,形,性質が左右または上下に同形に配置され,両者が均整,相称な関係にあること。反対にこれらの関係がくずれ,破られた状態をアシンメトリー asymmetryという。美術の分野においてこの関係が明確に表われているのは建築で,いかなる様式においても,宗教建築その他の威厳や安定感を必要とする建築物のほとんどがシンメトリーを保っている。逆に,遊びや気楽さを求める建築,実用本位の建築にはアシンメトリーのものが多い。

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