The Fantastic World of M. C. Escher
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Author(s): M. Emmer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540926453
Format: video
Price: £31.73, $39.00, €34.95 + VAT
Review Date: 23 December 2003
Review: This video explores M. C. Escher’s work, his life, and the influences that inspired him. Interviews with prominent mathematicians, some of whom claim to have contributed to Escher’s works, describe the use of space and geometry in Escher’s illustrations. The following genres of Escher’s work are discussed, along with montages of his most famous works set to music: tessellating mosaics, impossible structures and visualising infinity.