The Magic of M. C.Escher

Klappentext As beautiful and rigorous as an Escher work itself! this book is the classic study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of imagemaking with geometry and paradox. Escher's works! from the great master prints to numerous drawings! are brilliantly arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery that reveals the magical world of the artist's mind! an uncharted realm lush with exotic conceptions and inventions. With the exception of a brief foreword, an introduction and a spattering of quotations from the artist, 'The Magic of M.C. Escher' is entirely visual, filled with prints, drawings, and rough sketches. Zusammenfassung Deals with Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous drawings that are arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery revealing the magical world of the artists mind. This title presents a study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of imagemaking with geometry and paradox.

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As beautiful and rigorous as an Escher work itself, this book is the classic study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of imagemaking with geometry and paradox. Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous drawings, are brilliantly arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery that reveals the magical world of the artist's mind, an uncharted realm lush with exotic conceptions and inventions.

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Deals with Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous drawings that are arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery revealing the magical world of the artists mind. This title presents a study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of imagemaking with geometry and paradox.