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Published by Random House, 1976, hardcover, illustrated, 112 pages, 22.3 cms x 31 cms, condition: as new.

A woman once rang me up and said, Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation. I replied, Madame, if thats the way you see it, so be it. An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (18981972)the complex ambiguities of whose work leave hasty or single-minded interpretations far behind. Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images were thrilling the public, Escher was a master of the third dimension. His lithograph Magic Mirror dates as far back as 1946. In taking that title for this book, mathematician Bruno Ernst is stressing the magic spell Eschers work invariably casts on those who see it. Ernst visited Escher every week for a year, systematically talking through his entire œuvre with him. Their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave Ernst intimate access to the life and conceptual world of Escher. Ernsts account was meticulously scrutinized and made accurate by the artist himself. Eschers work refuses to be pigeonholed. Scientific, psychological, or aesthetic criteria alone cannot do it justice. The questions remain. Why did he create the pictures? How did he construct them? What preliminary studies were necessary before achieving the final version? And how are the various images Escher created interrelated? This book, complete with biographical data, 250 illustrations, and explications of mathematical problems, offers answers to these and many other questions, and is an authentic source text of the first order.

I've owned this book for a long time, but had bought it originally only for the pictures of the artwork. Finally I decided to read it. It's not a biography, though it does contain some biographical information. It's primarily an analysis of Escher's work, and it's a very thorough one.The author actually knew Escher, so some of the things he says about what Escher was trying to do in various works are ideas he actually discussed with Escher. I found some of the analyses of individual works a bit tedious, but they did help me see things I hadn't noticed before, so it felt worth wading through them. Anyone who's a fan of Escher's art should definitely read this.

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