M.C. Escher. Grafiek en tekeningen | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
automatic-update
B01=Taschen
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=ACX
Category=AFF
Category=AFH
Category=AGB
Category=PB
COP=Germany
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_Dutch; Flemish
Language_Others
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch

M.C. Escher. Grafiek en tekeningen

Dutch; Flemish

From impossible staircases to tessellated birds, Dutch artist M.C. Escher (18981972) 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, Eschers early works focused on nature and landscapes, with regular exhibitions in Holland, and some international recognition. It was on a trip to the Alhambra Palace in Spain in the 1920s, however, that Escher found his niche. Sketching the patterns of the palaces Moorish architecture, Escher became captivated by the codependency of forms within and next to each other.

Working mainly with lithographs and woodcuts, Escher went on to explore the relationships among shapes, figures, and space with a near-obsessive delight. He reveled in quirky vantage points, multiple perspectives, the transition from paper flatness to illusory volume, and intricate mathematical puzzles such as the Möbius strip, a seemingly infinite loop which twists and recoils on itself in a contortion of apparent physical impossibility.

This introductory book taps into Eschers brilliant mind with key works from his restless investigation of image and perception. Along the way, youll find fish morphing into birds, lizards crawling off the page, masterful reflections, infinite mazes, and some of the most mind-bending images of 20th-century art.

See more
Current price €18.39
Original price €19.99
Save 8%
Age Group_Uncategorizedautomatic-updateB01=TaschenCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=ACXCategory=AFFCategory=AFHCategory=AGBCategory=PBCOP=GermanyDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_Dutch; FlemishLanguage_OthersPA=AvailablePrice_€10 to €20PS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Weight: 608g
  • Dimensions: 210 x 260mm
  • Publication Date: 30 May 2016
  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH
  • Publication City/Country: Germany
  • Language: Dutch; Flemish
  • ISBN13: 9783836540643

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept