Magic mirror of M.C. Escher

Actually, I'm a docent at the North Carolina Museum of Art, and we are having a special exhibition of Escher's work this fall. I am reading the book to learn about him and his work.

The work of Escher has captured the imagination of many people and in this book Bruno Ernst (a personal friend of Escher) expands our understanding of the artist. After a brief but concise biography, the author throughly analyses the most important facets of Escher's artistic output: the illusion in drawing, the use of perspective, the creation of impossible realities, simultaneous and contrasting realities, crystals, and the infinite.

The greatness of this book on the work of M.C.