| Description |
263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
The work of M.C. Escher / J.L. Locher -- Escher : science and fiction / C.H.A. Broos -- Approaches to infinity / M.C. Escher -- Structural sensation / G.W. Locher -- The mathematical implications of Escher's prints / H.S.M. Coxeter |
| Summary |
"In the extraordinary world of M.C. Escher time, space, and visual reality have been rearranged according to an ingenious logic - simultaneity of perspective is commonplace, space appears to be infinite, and positive and negative are interchangeable. For years, Escher's wood engravings and lithographs were prized by only a small group of admirers. Mathematicians and scientists marveled at his logic and precision, often using his prints to illustrate their theses. Today his designs, motifs, and constructed universes are justly famous- -influencing everything from record-album covers and posters to textile prints and wallpaper. Escher's exquisite juxtapositions of light and dark in complex self-perpetuating patterns satisfy both modern man's fascination with the surreal and his need for order and balance."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972.
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Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972 -- Catalogs.
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Prints -- Netherlands -- 20th century.
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Prints, Dutch -- 20th century.
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Prints, Dutch.
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Prints, Dutch -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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Nonfiction
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Catalogs.
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| Author |
Locher, J. L.
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| LC no. |
87030854 |
| ISBN |
0810980843 |
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