Visions of Symmetry: Notebooks, Periodic Drawings, and Related Work of M. C. Escher [ Chapter 1. The route to regular division -- Early signs ; The fascination of regular division of the plane ; An important journey ; The open gate ; The geometric rules ; Developing a "layman's theory" ; Sources that came too late ; Other experiments in regular division -- Chapter 2. The 1941-1942 notebooks]

Schattschneider, Doris [subject: Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972.]

ISBN 10: 0716721260 / ISBN 13: 9780716721260

Published by New York : W.H. Freeman, c1990., 1990

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5th printing ; xiii, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9780716721260, 9780716723523, 0716721260, 0716723522 ; OCLC 21523602 ; stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Chapter 1. The route to regular division -- Early signs ; The fascination of regular division of the plane ; An important journey ; The open gate ; The geometric rules ; Developing a "layman's theory" ; Sources that came too late ; Other experiments in regular division -- Chapter 2. The 1941-1942 notebooks The 1941-1942 notebooks ; Escher's theory in relation to mathematical and crystallographic classificiation ; Escher and the scientists on contrast and color -- Chapter 3. The regular division drawings From theory to the periodic drawings ; The folio notebooks of periodic drawings -- Chapter 4. The use of regular division The periodic drawings as sources ; Capturing infinity ; Metaphor and metamorphosis ; Escher's decorative use of regular division of the plane ; The use of Escher's work on regular division by others -- Chapter 5. Notes on the drawings ; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visions of Symmetry: Notebooks, Periodic Drawings, and Related Work of M. C. Escher [ Chapter 1. The route to regular division -- Early signs ; The fascination of regular division of the plane ; An important journey ; The open gate ; The geometric rules ; Developing a "layman's theory" ; Sources that came too late ; Other experiments in regular division -- Chapter 2. The 1941-1942 notebooks]
• Publisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, c1990.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716721260
• ISBN 13: 9780716721260
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

The only book to combine illustrations of M.C. Escher's notebooks with the complete body of his symmetry drawings (180 of which were unpublished before this book). It offers a fascinating journey of discovery for Escher afficionados of all kinds, including artists, designers, historians, mathematicians, and scientists. "A study of Escher's art and thoughts and an intellectual biography of the artist."--Choice. 430 illustrations.