Editing Reflection symmetry (section)

==In architecture==

[[File:Santa Maria Novella.jpg|thumb|Mirror symmetry is often used in [[architecture]], as in the facade of [[Santa Maria Novella]], [[Florence]], 1470.]]

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Mirror symmetry is often used in [[architecture]], as in the facade of [[Santa Maria Novella]], [[Florence]].<ref name="Tavernor1998">{{cite book |last=Tavernor|first=Robert |title=On Alberti and the Art of Building |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hOs2zXz7M7wC&pg=PA103 |year=1998 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-07615-8 |pages=102–106 |quote=More accurate surveys indicate that the facade lacks a precise symmetry, but there can be little doubt that Alberti intended the composition of number and geometry to be regarded as perfect. The facade fits within a square of 60 Florentine braccia}}</ref> It is also found in the design of ancient structures such as [[Stonehenge]].<ref name="Johnson, Anthony 2008">Johnson, Anthony (2008). ''Solving Stonehenge: The New Key to an Ancient Enigma''. Thames & Hudson.</ref> Symmetry was a core element in some styles of architecture, such as [[Palladianism]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=Suzanne |title=Palladianism |url=https://www.architecture.com/Explore/ArchitecturalStyles/Palladianism.aspx |publisher=Royal Institution of British Architects |access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref>