M. C. Escher Visions of Symmetry

Name: M. C. Escher Visions of Symmetry
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ISBN: 9780810943087

ISBN-10: 0810943085

ISBN-13: 9780810943087

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Doris Schattschneider, M. C. Escher

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Book details

List price: $42.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 5/21/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 9.37" wide x 11.37" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 4.444
Language: English



Foreword: Patterns that Haunt the Mind



Preface



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



The 1941-1942 Notebooks


The 1941-1942 notebooks


Escher's theory in relation to mathematical and crystallographic classification


Escher and the scientists on contrast and color



The Regular Division Drawings


From theory to the periodic drawings


The folio notebooks of periodic drawings



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



Notes on the Drawings


Concordance


Afterword


New discoveries


Mathematical questions suggested by Escher's symmetry work


The computer and Escher


The artistic legacy of Escher's symmetry work


Ownership and Illustration Credits


Bibliography


Indexes


Index to periodic drawings by motif


Index to periodic drawings and related work


Index to graphic works


General Index