- Hardcover: 198 pages
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0500975914
- ISBN-13: 978-0500975916
- Product Dimensions: 32 x 27.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 950,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
M.C. Escher, the artist who lived from 1898-1972, suffers from horrible over-exposure. Who hasn't seen the posters, postcards, t-shirts and coffee mugs, of such well-worn images as a hand drawing another hand or gothic buildings with never-ending staircases? The mass reproduction of these images has carved a firm place in our popular culture yet made the work dismissible as modern art. Beyond the familiar images, though, is an immense body of work. The Magic of M.C. Escher covers in depth the graphic illustrations, woodcuts and lithographs of Escher's career.
Escher has always attracted the attention of scientists, mathematicians and teenage boys everywhere. The popular 1980s game of Dungeons and Dragons seems to borrow heavily from the systematic yet mystical quality of Escher's drawing style. With his amazingly repetitive graphic illustration and unflinchingly control of size, shape and shading, Escher draws like a human computer. One can only wonder what he might have done with today's graphic tools.
The book itself is creatively put together, with fold-outs, seemingly endless images and a loving introduction by the director of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. The minimal text selections that appear throughout are quotes from Escher himself, many taken from letters to family members. The personal thoughts give candid insight into what he thought about his peers, his career and his work; "I really do feel these days like a kind of 'specialist', and I don't want to 'depend' on my speciality alone, but I also feel it to be my duty to devote myself to that as much as possible". This remarkable book is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the astounding work of the man who could create two-dimensional origami with a pencil. 196 pages, images on every page. --JP Cohen
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For the artist Escher, the skin of the visible world was a piece of cloth that could be cut, folded, shaped, and rearranged in many ways. This title presents many of Esher's greatest works, from the great master prints to numerous previously unpublished drawings, and arranges them to form a cinematic journey of discovery. His preparatory sketches and jottings, which give insights into the working processes of his mind are also included.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have many Escher books in my library, but this is the book I go back to again and again. I cannot praise enough the way this book is set out. Not only are the finished tesselations pictured, but the preliminary sketches that Escher used are also shown. This gives an insight into how his work developed from landscapes, through the impossible worlds to the tesselations. There are numerous fold out pages and the inside of the dust jacket has the complete "Metamorphosis2" depicted on it's inner side. I lent my copy to my wife who teaches mathematics, and the whole of her department raved about the book, I'm still waiting for it to come back!!!! Bob Dunkley
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a good reference book, with excellent pictures and relevent quotes. It is the definitive book for students studying Eshcer. However, if you are looking for a lot of text then this is not the book for you. Having said that I have not found a book on Escher yet which reveals a great deal about his personality and life. I have just recently done an art project on Escher and found this to be the best of all the books on him currently available.
1 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book, in short is a miracle, i was gravely dissappointed with the style the book was written in. And beleieve it to be aimed at the wrong audience, I thought this book was to be of a serious nature!!!
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