Author: TASCHEN Publisher: Taschen ISBN: 9783836584845 Category : Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, M.C. Escher was a master of the third dimension. His impossible geometry and illusions, bordering between the scientific and psychological, are an homage to the possibilities of the human mind. This updated edition of a true classic presents the artist's key graphic works and detailed...
Author: Al Seckel Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 9781402705779 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 334
Book Description
Rings of seahorses seem to rotate and butterflies seems to transform into warriors right on the page. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Includes an illuminating Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hofstadter.
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher Publisher: Taschen America Llc ISBN: 9783822896341 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 76
Book Description
""Graphic Work"" presents over 80 of Escher's most interesting pictures selected by the artist himself. It includes Escher's commentaries on his work, which make his startling visual effects more easy to interpret. The book also features Escher's own account of his evolution as an artist. An authentic source book of high significance, it offers the best introduction to the fantastic universe of the grand master of illusion.
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher Publisher: Harry N. Abrams ISBN: 9780810922686 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Twenty-nine woodcuts and lithographs make use of optical illusions and unusual perspectives and are accompanied by the artist's comments.
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher Publisher: ISBN: 9780500975916 Category : Optical illusions Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
In this text, Escher's works, from the great masterpieces to numerous previously unpublished drawings, are arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery.
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
This book provides a solid image of Escher as he saw himself--not as an 'artist' but as an artisan, a graphic artist with heart and soul, obsessed by contrasts and possessed by a unique creativity.
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher Publisher: Abrams ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
The Abradale Press (Abrams' promotional book imprint) reprint of the work originally published by Abrams in 1982--and still in BIP at $65.00. Faithfully reprints the original at a modest price. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter Publisher: Penguin Group(CA) ISBN: 9780140289206 Category : Art and music Languages : en Pages : 832
Book Description
'What is a self and how can a self come out of inanimate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Douglas Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. In order to impart his original and personal view on the core mystery of human existence - our intangible sensation of 'I'-ness - Hofstadter defines the playful yet seemingly paradoxical notion of 'strange loop', and explicates this idea using analogies from many disciplines.
Author: Bruno Ernst Publisher: ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
In this book Bruno Ernst is out enthusiastic guide to the charm and fascination of the world of impossible figures. It could only have been written by someone with a long and intimate knowledge of the subject and for whom the discovery of the impossible world is still a personal adventure. -- from back cover.
Author: TASCHEN
Author: Al Seckel
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Author: Bruno Ernst
Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Author: Bruno Ernst