{"product_id":"becoming-escher-9781538190609","title":"Becoming Escher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did M.C. Escher become the artist we know about? Here's a revealing biography written by his nephew.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eM.C. Escher's nephew Joris Escher relates the artist's life in four successive parts: his youth (Becoming Mauk), his art education as a young adult (Becoming a Graphic Artist), his happiest years in Italy (Becoming an Artist) and finally, already in his late thirties, the transformation that leads to his spatial experiments (Becoming Escher).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoris Escher was born in Amsterdam as the youngest child of a publisher and an English teacher. He grew up living with his parents and two sisters in the town of Laren, some 20 miles from Amsterdam, where his great-uncle M.C. Escher spent the last years of his life.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384102519058,"sku":"9781538190609","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e045bcaf-7ed3-4174-88ea-d0932a087f94.jpg?v=1750163741","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-escher-9781538190609","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}