I don't have the art-history education to give a full answer to
this, but one interesting area where this is on display is in
the visual arts inspired by Baroque composers such as Vivaldi
and Bach. This music is often constructed in a formal,
mathematical way, and the alternation of point and counterpoint
is a key element. Paintings and photographs connected to this
music mirror theses themes and often also have the element of
repetition. The architecture of the time (of course) lends
itself well to photography, and since it too has these ideas of
repeating, alternating elements, this intersection produces a
lot of examples. Here's one from the Baroque Music Club, a
collection of recordings of the music of the period: The cover
of our CD booklet features the roofscape of the Grand Colonnade
at the Czech Spa of Marienbad (Marianske Lazne). Its structure
combines complexity and structural integrity with beauty –
indeed the two are inter-dependent, and each may be considered
the result of the other. Thus with th