Twenty-nine woodcuts and lithographs make use of optical illusions and unusual perspectives and are accompanied by the artist's comments.[...]

"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 that's the way you see it, so be it.'" An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist[...]

Presents a selection of Escher's art and shares his comments on his work, symmetry, infinity, and paradox.[...]

As beautiful and rigorous as an Escher work itself, this book is the classic study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of image making with geometry and paradox. Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous drawings, are brilliantly arranged to form a cinematic journey [...]

Doris Schattschneider's classic "M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990) is the most penetrating study of Escher's work in existence, and the one most admired by mathematicians and scientists. It deals with one powerful obsession that preoccupied Escher: what he called the regular division of the p[...]

The Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) created some of the most celebrated and extraordinary images in twentieth-century art, yet he remains an elusive figure. In the 1960s, when his reputation sky-rocketed, he was championed on the one hand by leading mathematicians who admired his grasp of geome[...]

Make geometric figures yourselfEveryone loves surprises, and in this book the magic of Escher s work is revealed in three dimensions. Use the perforated cards to make your own beautifully decorated geometric shapes. Forms of stunning symmetry and regularity are created when you combine geometry with[...]

Escher 2014About the Series: TASCHEN's Wall Calendars feature 12 big and beautiful reproductions, an elegant layout for the days of the month, and all official holidays for your country.[...]