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Escher, Illusions & Perception
4Escher Posters
An illustrated catalogue showing most of these posters, with sizes and colours is available at 54p if sent with an order. Otherwise please send three 1st class stamps.
1 CYCLE
2 REPTILES *
3 BAND VAN MÖBIUS
4 3 WORLDS *
5 ANOTHER WORLD
6 RELATIVITY *
7 DAY AND NIGHT *
8 SKY AND WATER
9 CONCAVE AND CONVEX
10 HIGH AND LOW
11 BALCONY
12 BELVEDERE
13 PRINT GALLERY
15 CASCADE (WATERFALL) *
19 PUDDLE
20 LIBERATION
21 MOSAIC II
22 BOND OF UNION
23 ASCENDING AND DESCENDING *
24 MAGIC MIRROR
25 VERBUM
26 DRAWING HANDS *
27 CIRCLE LIMIT IV
28 HOUSE OF STAIRS
53 HAND WITH GLOBE *
55 EYE
56 STILL LIFE AND STREET
57 STILL LIFE WITH SPHERE
58 ENCOUNTER
59 RIND
61 DOUBLE PLANETOID
64 TOWER OF BABEL
Price per poster £6.00 (+ VAT)
except
33 METAMORPHOSE
Length: 4 metres £13.50 (+ VAT)
* Also available as prints for framing Mounted on white card 285 x 360mm Price per print £2.80 (+ VAT)
The Magic Mirror of M.C.Escher
0 906212 45 6 Bruno Ernst
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.
M.C.Escher Kaleidocycles
17 full colour models of Escher's designs and the story of how they were devised
0 906212 28 6 Schattschneider & Walker
Combining interesting explanations with three-dimensional models to cut out and glue together, this book is an exploration of the symmetries of Escher's plane tilings. By experiencing the designs in a practical way, it is possible to appreciate them more fully. Some designs fold to make polyhedra and there is the delight in how the motifs fit together at the vertices and along the edges. Others make into kaleidocycles, models of linked tetrahedra which will turn through their centres. As they are rotated Escher's interlocking patterns form and reform in endless procession. It is said that 'everyone loves surprises' and this book is full of them.
£6.95
Adventures with Impossible Figures
0 906212 54 5 Bruno Ernst
Bruno Ernst describes the methods which are used to construct intriguing impossible figures which can tease the eye and baffle the imagination. Copious examples and illustrations are drawn from his own work and from the fertile imaginations of Escher and Oscar Reutersvard.
£4.95
Escher Interactive
Exploring the art of the infinite
0 500 10016 0 M.M. Chanowski
This CD Rom for Windows provides a completely new experience of Escher's work and vision, using sound, animation and interactive manipulation of images. Start with an audio-visual tour of his graphic works, see his images come alive in 3-D animations, try some games and puzzles based on his work and design your own versions of his tessellations. There are commentaries from the artist himself, his son and other experts in the field. The nine modules of this impressive multimedia tour de force gives a remarkable insight into the life and work of this most remarkable artist.
£42.51 (+ VAT)
The following Tarquin posters on this subject would also be of interest.
The Impossible Kennel Walter Wicks
Impossible Geometry Duncan Birmingham
Illusion and Confusion Duncan Birmingham Pair of Posters
Aspects of Infinity
Can You Believe Your Eyes?
Over 250 illusions and other visual oddities
0 86051 809 4 Block & Yuker
Many of these illusions have never been published before in a book and those that have appeared elsewhere are linked and placed into context by excellent and interesting explanations. Many illustrations have been created specially to demonstrate particular principles of perception and of course mis-perception. Lines which look straight may really be curved or vice-versa and only recourse to a ruler will decide the matter. It is a book to be twisted this way or that, one to be viewed from close-up or far away and one which encourages active participation by the reader.
Book £8.99
Optical Illusion Playing Cards
University of Hofstra Block & Yuker
A collection of 52 visual illusions, some well known, some rarely seen, are here presented in an unusual way. The illusions are printed on the faces of a pack of playing cards and classified by suit and number. Deal a card, pose a problem..... A booklet of explanations and solutions is included.
Red & Blue Illusions
How to create 3-D drawings and other optical tricks
1 899618 05 8 Mark Hiner
The idea of printing two overlapping images in red and blue and then viewing them through coloured spectacles is a very old one, but this book breaks new ground in a very creative way. It provides a clear and precise explanation of how to construct this type of illusion and there are special glasses to make which illustrate the principles. It shows how different information has to be presented to each eye in a carefully controlled way and how to construct the correct perspective views. While mostly thought of as a method of generating three-dimensional images, there are plenty of ideas for surprising two-dimensional illusions as well. There are
Images of Infinity
0 906212 89 8 Leapfrogs Group
This book is a collection of drawings, writings, photographs, stories, poetry and cartoons. All revolving around the problems, paradoxes and theories about the infinite and the infinitesimal - ideas that people have grappled with throughout the centuries. It is a book for people of any age who find wonderment and fascination in pursuing the simple realisation that the counting numbers follow each other without end; or in peering at the reflections and the reflections-of-reflections when two mirrors face each other.
£6.95
suggestions on how red & blue images can be used to produce original and amusing cards.
£5.95
Can You Believe Your Eyes Playing Cards £4.90 (+ VAT)
£7.95