Twisted mind: The graphic pattern genius of M. C. Escher From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and mathematics. Dense, complex, and structured by intricate principles, his work is at the same time decorative and playful, toying constantly with optic illusions and the limitati...(展开全部)

“A woman once rang me up and said, ‘Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.’ I replied, ‘Madame, if that’s the way you see it, so be it.’” An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972)―the complex ambiguities of whose work leave ha...(展开全部)

One of the most popular artists of the 20th century, M. C. Escher, leaves a rich legacy. The centennial celebration of his birth, held in Rome and Ravello in 1998, gave testimony to the keen interest and new insight into his work, and showcased a number of contemporary artists and scientists whose work is directly inspired by that of Escher.This book contains 40 of their articl...(展开全部)

（美）维吉尼亚•汉密尔顿 （Virginia Hamilton） 非裔美国泰斗级女作家，其一生撰写的41部作品，给青少年文学树立了崭新的标杆。荣膺过包括国际安徒生奖、纽伯瑞文学奖、国家图书奖、书卷奖、爱伦坡奖、波士顿全球号角奖等几乎所有的青少年文学奖项。代表作品有《了不起的M.C.希金斯》《幽灵的低语》等。

Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he...(展开全部)

Masao, một học sinh lớp sau, bị giáo viên mới Haneda và các bạn cùng lớp bắt nạt mà không biết lí do. Dù có ai quên làm bài tập hay lớp mất trật tự, thầy Haneda đều đổ hết tội lỗi lên đầu cậu. Trong lúc buồn bã và bế tắc vì bị bắt nạt, trước mặt Masao luôn xuất hiện một đứa trẻ trông rất giống cậu nhưng khắp người mang màu xanh tái cùng những vết thương rất đau đơn, mặc một chi...(展开全部)

We are constantly surrounded by design—in advertisements, in books and magazines, on the Internet, on television—and each graphic element we see was carefully constructed through a designer’s very personal process. Yet only the finished article is presented. Rarely do we gain insight into how visual solutions have been reached or the exploration, experimentation, and ideas behi...(展开全部)

WITH A NEW EPILOQUE BY SIR LAURENS VAN DER POST

A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus’s masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of readers. This new illustrated of Camus’s final novel tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like Camus’s own. This stunning, fully illustrated edition summons up the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood...(展开全部)

作者：[法]阿兰·蓬皮杜（Alain Pompidou） 乔治·蓬皮杜与克洛德·蓬皮杜之子，医学和人类生物学博士，巴黎五大医学院名誉教授，法国技术科学院前院长。曾担任乔治·蓬皮杜国家艺术文化中心董事会董事（至2012年）和克洛德蓬皮杜基金会董事。著有《人类是否记得？——伦理与生死》、《双面蓬皮杜：1928—1974书信、笔记和照片》（合著），以及《艺术之爱：蓬皮杜夫妇与艺术的不解之缘》。 译者：史利平 曾任中国驻法大使馆科技外交官，热爱法国历史、文化和艺术，译有《居伊·德波：诗歌革命》《双面蓬皮杜：1928—1974书信、笔记和照片》《艺术之爱：蓬皮杜夫妇与艺术的不解之缘》。 审校：邱举良 译审，曾任中国翻译协会副会长、国际翻译工作者联合会理事、常驻法国科技外交官，被授予法国骑士勋章。