L-art Slavik Jablan A L-system is an automaton designed by Aristid Lindenmayer in 1968 to model cell development. Cells are represented by symbols and cell subdivision is modeled by replacing these symbols with strings of symbols. Here is an example of the Koch-curve system derived from a single square. |
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The main property of the L-systems used here is antisymmetry - the equivalence between "figure" and "ground". That kind of antisymmetry occurs in ornamental art from prehistory till nowdays. More about that you may find in my paper Modularity in Art. References:
Prusinkiewicz, P., Lindenmayer A.: The Algorithmic
Beauty of Plants,
Visual Models of Morphogenesis: A Guided Tour Plant Modelling Using L-systems MusiNum - The Music in the Numbers
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