Description |
xiii, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
Contents |
Chapter 1. The route to regular division -- Early signs ; The fascination of regular division of the plane ; An important journey ; The open gate ; The geometric rules ; Developing a "layman's theory" ; Sources that came too late ; Other experiments in regular division -- Chapter 2. The 1941-1942 notebooks -- The 1941-1942 notebooks ; Escher's theory in relation to mathematical and crystallographic classificiation ; Escher and the scientists on contrast and color -- Chapter 3. The regular division drawings -- From theory to the periodic drawings ; The folio notebooks of periodic drawings -- Chapter 4. The use of regular division -- The periodic drawings as sources ; Capturing infinity ; Metaphor and metamorphosis ; Escher's decorative use of regular division of the plane ; The use of Escher's work on regular division by others -- Chapter 5. Notes on the drawings |
Summary |
Discusses the artist's discovery of the world of geometry and how he used this knowledge to create interlocking figures and patterns |
Analysis |
Color in art |
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Escher, M. C |
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Escher, M.C |
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Symmetry (Art) |
Notes |
Cover title: M. C. Escher : visions of symmetry |
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Includes indexes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-344) and indexes |
Subject |
Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972 -- Sources.
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Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972 -- Sources.
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Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972.
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Color in art.
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Proportion (Art)
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Symmetry (Art)
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Author |
Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972.
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LC no. |
90003411 |
ISBN |
0716721260 |
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