Mystery, Classicism, Elegance: an Endless Chase After Magic

Douglas R. Hofstadter

A chapter in M.C. Escher’s Legacy, 2003, pp 24-51 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I am turning the pages of the large volume M.C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work, which I bought many, many years ago. I quickly flip past Metamorphosis, Sky and Water, Drawing Hands, Relativity, Waterfall, Belvedere, Print Gallery, and many others — the familiar works that first grabbed me with a sudden, irresistible, visual pull (most of them awarded a full page or at least a half-page in that book), works that truly intoxicated me half a lifetime ago -and my eye is instead caught by much smaller images, images of Mediterranean seascapes or Italian hilltowns, images of a tree or a snow-covered barn, images that seem far simpler and far less eye-grabbing, far less interesting than those for which M.C. Escher has become world-famous.

Keywords: Stone Column; Impossible World; Magical Realism; Indian Music; White Bird (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28849-X_4

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