The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher

This magnificent book is a revealing study of the life and works of one of the most astonishing artists of our time.

Copiously illustrated with his finished works, it also shows many of the sketches, studies and diagrams which he made while creating his magical effects.

Escher always claimed to know nothing of mathematics, but he was fascinated by it and it inspired so much of his exploration into the nature of perception.

His unique contribution to our understanding of perception and what we regard as possible or impossible is fully discussed and explained in this book.