{"product_id":"the-magic-of-m-c-escher","title":"The Magic of M. C. Escher","description":"\u003cp\u003eM.C. Escher  the artist who lived from 1898 to 1972  suffers from horrible overexposure. Who hasnt seen the college dorm room posters  postcards  T-shirts  and coffee mugs of such well-worn images as a hand drawing another hand or gothic buildings with never-ending staircases? The mass reproduction of these images has carved a firm place in our popular culture  yet made the work dismissible as modern art. Beyond the familiar images  though  is an immense body of work. The Magic of M.C. Escher covers in depth the graphic illustrations  woodcuts  and lithographs of Eschers career. The artist has always attracted the attention of scientists  mathematicians  and teenage boys everywhere; the popular 1980s game Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons seems to borrow heavily from the systematic yet mystical quality of his drawing style. With his amazingly repetitive graphic illustration and unflinchingly control of size  shape  and shading  Escher draws like a human computer. One can only wonder what he might have done with todays graphic tools.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946234736693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0810967200","price":163.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780810967205_2b61002e-05d5-44ad-a534-3617bfefa6f0.jpg?v=1770159120","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-magic-of-m-c-escher","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}