This overview of M. C. Escher's graphic works presents the artist's key illustrations in stunning full-page reproductions. Propelled by an introductory essay, travel through Escher's oeuvre of impossible geometry and optical illusions. A visual mathematician refusing to be pigeonholed, M. C. Escher's work is an homage to the possibilities of...
Table of Impossible objects and ambiguous figures. Vision as data processing. Ambiguous figures.Impossible objects. A gallery of impossible objects. Origins and history.
A study of the life and works of M.C. Escher. It shows many of the sketches, studies and diagrams which he made while creating his magical effects. His contribution to our understanding of perception and what we regard as possible or impossible is discussed and explained in this book.