Description: Wonderfully fun images. IN THE IMAGES IN THIS BOOK,M. C. Escher shows us the limitless, the infinite and the impossible— continuous staircases that rise and yet end at their beginning points, ants marching around and around a never-ending Möbius strip, two hands reaching out of a page to draw each other, and his famous "regular division of the plane drawings," with their interlocking figures and perceptual deceptiveness. Escher's representations of three-dimensional reality are decidedly unreal, and that is what fascinates us about them. Our minds vacillate between one perspective and another, trying to make sense of what can never be. THE POP - UP format adds even more intrigue to our interpretation of Escher's incredible works. Not only does it bring the designs to life, but it allows us to closely examine the incorrect connections holding structural elements together and scrutinize the points at which two dimensions become three. We can see for ourselves the impossibility of what on first encounter looks like a perfectly plausible configuration. And we can delight over and over again in each engaging and mind-boggling visual puzzle. ESCHERwas careful to preserve a delicate subtlety in his work.As he explained, "In my opinion an impossible situation only really stands out when the impossibility is not immediately obvious. If you want to draw attention to something impossible, you must try to deceive first yourself and then your audience, by presenting your work in such a way that the impossible element is veiled and a superficial observer would not even notice it. There should be a certain mysteriousness that does not immediately hit the eye."That mysteriousness, combined with Escher's meticulous precision and attention to detail, has captivated viewers for over fifty years. It is these qualities-and the graceful, balanced beauty of Escher's designs-that make his work so intriguing and this book so delightful.
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Book Title: Pop-Up Book of M. C. Escher
Item Length: 9.9in
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1991
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8in
Author: M. C. Escher
Genre: Art
Topic: Individual Artists / General
Item Width: 8.4in
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 12 Pages
