Published by New York : W.H. Freeman, c1990., 1990
ISBN 10: 0716721260 ISBN 13: 9780716721260
Language: English
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 5th printing ; xiii, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9780716721260, 9780716723523, 0716721260, 0716723522 ; OCLC 21523602 ; stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Chapter 1. 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 -- Chapter 2. The 1941-1942 notebooks The 1941-1942 notebooks ; Escher's theory in relation to mathematical and crystallographic classificiation ; Escher and the scientists on contrast and color -- Chapter 3. The regular division drawings From theory to the periodic drawings ; The folio notebooks of periodic drawings -- Chapter 4. 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 -- Chapter 5. Notes on the drawings ; FINE. Book.
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