M.C. Escher. Kaleidocycles

Doris Schattschneider

ISBN 10: 3836583690 / ISBN 13: 9783836583695

Published by Taschen Gmbh Dez 2021, 2021

About this Item

Neuware -Das Werk des niederländischen Künstlers M.C. Eschers (1898-1972), zugleich mysteriös und mathematisch genau, fasziniert Wissenschaftler ebenso wie ein breites Publikum und hat zahllose Anregungen zu Buchumschlägen, Plattenhüllen, Filmen, Plakaten und Puzzles geliefert.Dieses Set aus Bastelbögen und Buch lässt Sie selber zum Illusionisten werden. Enthalten sind 17 perforierte Leporello-Bögen mit überwiegend farbigen Motiven, durch deren Zusammensetzen sich Eschers vielschichtige Entwürfe in faszinierende dreidimensionale Objekte mit sich stetig verändernden Mustern verwandeln lassen - von brillanten Blumenarrangements über Schmetterlinge, Echsen bis zu Muscheln. Das beiliegende Buch enthält eine Übersicht über den künstlerischen Einfallsreichtum und die geometrischen Grundsätze, die Eschers optischen Wunderwerken zugrunde liegen, sowie präzise Bastelanleitungen. 64 pp. Englisch.

Seller Inventory # 9783836583695

Bibliographic Details

• Title: M.C. Escher. Kaleidocycles
• Publisher: Taschen Gmbh Dez 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836583690
• ISBN 13: 9783836583695
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 327W x 258H x 45D millimeters 327 millimeters width by 258 millimeters height by 45 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1965 grams

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Synopsis

Mysterious and mathematical at once, the magical visual world of Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) has captivated scientists and scholars and made its mark on popular culture, inspiring book covers, album art, films, posters, and puzzles.

This set puts Escher’s tessellated wonders right at your fingertips with 17 easy-to-assemble paper sculptures. Folding along the score lines, you can transform the artist’s richly geometric designs into three-dimensional polyhedra with forming and reforming patterns, including genius arrangements of flowers, butterflies, lizards, and seashells. The book includes a review of the geometric principles and artistic invention underlying Escher’s optical marvels as well as concise instructions.

About the Authors

Doris Schattschneider is Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she taught for 34 years. Her dual interest in geometry and art led naturally to the study of M.C. Escher’s work. Active as a teacher, lecturer, editor, and writer, she has published widely on Escher’s work. Her book M.C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry gives a complete account of Escher’s symmetry work, and includes color photographs of all 150 of Escher’s symmetry drawings.

Wallace G. Walker spent most of his career as an independent artist residing in New York City. He was a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the inventor of IsoAxis®. He worked for I.M. Pei and Partners and taught at both Parsons School of Design and the New York Institute of Technology. He had numerous shows and exhibits in cities across the USA. He returned to his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana in 1989 and continued his artistic activities until his death in 2003.