Editing Symmetry (section)

===In aesthetics===
{{Main|Symmetry (physical attractiveness)}}

The relationship of symmetry to [[aesthetics]] is complex. Humans find [[bilateral symmetry]] in faces physically attractive;<ref name="Grammer1994">{{cite journal |last1=Grammer |first1=K. |last2=Thornhill |first2=R. |date=1994 |title=Human (Homo sapiens) facial attractiveness and sexual selection: the role of symmetry and averageness |journal=Journal of Comparative Psychology |location=Washington, D.C. |volume=108 |issue=3 |pages=233–42 |doi=10.1037/0735-7036.108.3.233|pmid=7924253 |s2cid=1205083 }}</ref> it indicates health and genetic fitness.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rhodes |first1=Gillian |last2=Zebrowitz |first2=Leslie A. |author2-link=Leslie Zebrowitz |title=Facial Attractiveness: Evolutionary, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives |publisher=[[Ablex]] |year=2002 |isbn=1-56750-636-4}}</ref><ref name="Jones2001">Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Tiddeman, B. P., Burt, D. M., & Perrett, D. I. (2001). Facial symmetry and judgements of apparent health Support for a “‘ good genes ’” explanation of the attractiveness – symmetry relationship, 22, 417–429.</ref> Opposed to this is the tendency for excessive symmetry to be perceived as boring or uninteresting. Rudolf Arnheim suggested that people prefer shapes that have some symmetry, and enough complexity to make them interesting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Arnheim |first=Rudolf |title=Visual Thinking |url=https://archive.org/details/visualthinking00rudo |url-access=registration |publisher=University of California Press |year=1969}}</ref>