The Magic of M. C. Escher: Exploring geometry and astonishment in a catalog of the artist’s prints

The Magic of M. C. Escher


“Perhaps all I pursue is astonishment and so I try to awaken only astonishment in my viewers. Sometimes ‘beauty’ is a nasty business.” — M. C. Escher Too often relegated to dorm…

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Haeckel Haus Co.

Nineteenth-century lithographic curiosities reborn for home and fashion

Haeckel Haus Co.

The 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel is credited with categorizing thousands of species, creating a genealogical tree that unites all life and coining the world “ecology.” But his prominence in the scientific community is matched by his cultural legacy: Haeckel’s lithographs of rare creatures have become emblematic of the Victorian…

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