• ISBN13: 9780500290736
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publisher Imprint: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: June 1, 2013
• Pages: 198
• Original Price: GBP 25.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1420 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Individual Artists / Monographs and Printmaking & Stamping

M.C. Escher (1898-1972) is renowned for his ability to render the visions of his mind's eye. The visions themselves were remarkable: for Escher, the skin of the visible world was nothing more than a piece of cloth that could be cut, folded, shaped, and rearranged in marvelous ways. A superb draftsman, he portrayed these other-worldly transformations of space within the familiar borders of a sheet of paper. The resulting images have become the favorite artworks of viewers around the world.

The Magic of M.C. Escher does justice to this original artist's inventions. Escher's works--woodcuts, lithographs, and drawings, accompanied by quotes from the author--are brilliantly arranged to form a cinematic look at his achievements. Here is the magical world of the artist's mind, an uncharted realm full of exotic conceptions and inventions.

Locher, J. L.: - J. L. Locher is a former director of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, and the author of books on Mondrian, Klee, and others.