The Resource Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher
Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher
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The item Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Discusses the artist's discovery of the world of geometry and how he used this knowledge to create interlocking figures and patterns
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 354 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780716721260
- Label
- Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher
- Title
- Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Discusses the artist's discovery of the world of geometry and how he used this knowledge to create interlocking figures and patterns
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schattschneider, Doris
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- NC263.E83
- LC item number
- S3 1990
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1898-1972
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Escher, M. C.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Symmetry (Art)
- Color in art
- Escher, M. C.
- Escher, M. C.
- Escher, M. C.
- Label
- Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-344) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9780716721260
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- Visions of symmetry: notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of M.C. Escher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-344) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9780716721260
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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