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mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
Een mooi boek over Escher's werken. Ik heb eigenlijk niet echt de beschrijvingen gelezen die voor in het boek stonden, ik kwam voor de tekeningen. :P En die stelden zeker niet teleur. Er waren er zelfs een paar die ik nog niet kende, of die niet meteen een Oh, die, momentje aanwakkerde. Escher was echt briljant met zijn art, en dat allemaal zonder enig hulp van een computer, wat me nieuwsgierig maakt naar wat Escher nog meer had kunnen maken als hij nu nog had geleefd. :)
Zeker een aanrader als je, net als ik, geinteresseerd ben in Escher's art.
Zeker een aanrader als je, net als ik, geinteresseerd ben in Escher's art.
plaidbrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Like most high school and college students, I went through an Escher phase. Without the aid of psychotropic substances or any sort of interest in vaguely mathematical patterns, mind you, so it didn't last long, but still, it happened, and this was the book I bought as it was going on. And, you know, it's a reprinting of various Escher pieces. At the time, I'd have probably rated it 5 stars, but now, it gets an "I'm no longer quite so impressed, but still appreciate the artistry involved" 3 star rating. If you like this sort of thing, though, this is the sort of book you'll like.
cetian's review
4.0
We would think this art is recent, so smooth and precise it looks. I always wonder what it would be like to see the images of artists like Escher and Haeckel in their own time, long before television and with photography still in its infancy. This was the period of transition, when images still had a sacred quality to them, bringing to life beings and ideas. They carried both the tradition of centuries and the contradiction of being harbingers of modernity. This period is probably more interesting than the decades after of complete deconstruction. Looking at this art, when a full life would be filled with as much images as we now see in a week is hard for me to imagine. What would it be like?
plaidbrarian's review
3.0
Like most high school and college students, I went through an Escher phase. Without the aid of psychotropic substances or any sort of interest in vaguely mathematical patterns, mind you, so it didn't last long, but still, it happened, and this was the book I bought as it was going on. And, you know, it's a reprinting of various Escher pieces. At the time, I'd have probably rated it 5 stars, but now, it gets an "I'm no longer quite so impressed, but still appreciate the artistry involved" 3 star rating. If you like this sort of thing, though, this is the sort of book you'll like.
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