ESCHER C. M.

(H/B) M.C. ESCHER
From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and mathematics. Dense, complex, and structured by intricate principles, his work is at the same time decorative and playful, toying constantly with optic illusions and the limitations of sensory perception. For mathematicians and scientists, Escher is a mastermind. For hippies, he was the pioneer of psychedelic art. Born in Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands in 1898, Escher's early works focused on natu...
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(H/B) THE MAGIC MIRROR OF M.C. ESCHER
This book was written more than 25 years ago and has been translated into ten languages without any change to the text or the images. Yet much has happened in those 25 years to cause the text to be revised. Escher's extensive correspondence and other writings have become available; congresses about Escher have been held (including Rome 1985, Granada 1990); and a number of books have been published about Escher's life and work, together with books that delve deeply into the complexities of his work (e.g. Bruno Ernst, Adventures with Impossi...
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