Description |
111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
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Many diagrams and explanatory drawings were originally published in Pythagoras ... Wolters-Noordhoff, Holland. |
Contents |
Part I. Drawing is deception : The magic mirror -- The life of M.C. Escher -- An artist who could not be pigeonholed -- Contrasts in life and work -- How his work developed -- Drawing is deception -- The art of the Alhambra -- Explorations into perspective -- Stamps, murals, and bank notes -- Part II. Worlds that cannot exist : Creating impossible worlds -- Craftsmanship -- Simultaneous worlds -- Worlds that cannot exist -- Marvelous designs of nature and mathematics -- An artist's approach to infinity. |
Subject |
Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972.
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Printmakers -- Netherlands.
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ISBN |
1566197708 |
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9781566197700 |
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