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The iconographic sources for Escher’s graphic work have not been investigated in depth. In analyses of Escher’s works, the links with mathematics and the sciences of perception and communication have been mostly preferred, while an exclusive historic-artistic reading has generally been neglected. This can be in part explained by Escher’s eccentric position with respect to mainstream art in the 20th century.
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Seccaroni, C., Spesso, M. (2003). Architecture, Perspective and Scenography in the Graphic Work of M.C. Escher: From Vredeman de Vries to Luca Ronconi. In: Schattschneider, D., Emmer, M. (eds) M.C. Escher’s Legacy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28849-X_26
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