THE MAGIC MIRROR OF M.C. ESCHER
THE MAGIC MIRROR OF M.C. ESCHER
`A woman once rang me up and said, `Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles, you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.` I replied, `Madame, if that`s the way you see it, so be it.`` A fittingly sly comment from renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898`1972), whose complex and ambiguous drawings continue to leave hasty interpretations far behind.Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, Escher was a master of the third dimension. His lithograph Magic Mirror dates as far back as 1946. By taking such a title for the book, mathematician Bruno Ernst stressed the enrapturing spell Escher`s work invariably casts on those who see it. Ernst visited Escher every week for a year, systematically talking through his entire oeuvre with him. Their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave Ernst intimate access to the life and conceptual world of Escher. Ernst`s account was meticulously scrutinized and made accurate by the artist himself.Escher`s work refuses to be pigeonholed. Scientific, psychological, or aesthetic criteria alone cannot do it justice. The questions remain: Why did he create the pictures` How did he construct them` What preliminary studies were necessary before achieving the final version` And how are his various creations interrelated` This updated and redesigned edition of a true classic`complete with biographical data, 250 illustrations, and a thorough breaking-down of each mathematical problem`offers answers to these and many other lingering mysteries, and is an authentic source text of the first order.
Data sheet
- Język
- PL
- Ilość stron
- 160
- Rodzaj okładki
- TWARDA
- Termin realizacji
- 72
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