From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M.C.
Escher (1898-1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns,
puzzles, and mathematics. Dense, complex, and structured by
intricate principles, his work is at the same time decorative and
playful, toying constantly with optic illusions and the limitations
of sensory perception. For mathematicians and scientists, Escher is
a mastermind. For hippies, he was the pioneer of psychedelic art.
Born in Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands in 1898, Escher's early
works focused on nature and landscapes, with regular exhibitions in
Holland, and some international recognition. It was on a trip to
the Alhambra Palace in Spain in the 1920s, however, that Escher
found his niche. Sketching the patterns of the palace's Moorish
architecture, Escher became captivated by the codependency of forms
within and next to each other. Working mainly with lithographs and
woodcuts, Escher went on to explore the relationships among shapes,
figures, and space with a near-obsessive delight. He reveled in
quirky vantage points, multiple perspectives, the transition from
paper flatness to illusory volume, and intricate mathematical
puzzles such as the Moebius strip, a seemingly infinite loop which
twists and recoils on itself in a contortion of apparent physical
impossibility. This introductory book from TASCHEN Basic Art 2.0
taps into Escher's brilliant mind with key works from his restless
investigation of image and perception. Along the way, you'll find
fish morphing into birds, lizards crawling off the page, masterful
reflections, infinite mazes, and some of the most mind-bending
images of 20th-century art. About the series Born back in 1985, the
Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book
collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series
features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre
of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical
importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with
explanatory captions
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