Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 356-361 , May 2003

Escher and the Ophthalmologist

  • Michael F Marmor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Michael F. Marmor, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5308
    • ,
  • Willem A Wagenaar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

References 

  1. Correspondence in possession of the Wagenaar family.
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  4. Escher MC. How did you as a graphic artist come to make designs for wall decorations?. De Delver. 1941;14:81–86
  5. Escher MC. The Regular Division of the Plane. Utrecht: De Roos Foundation; 1958;
  6. Escher MC. The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher: Introduced and Explained bar the Artist. New York: Ballentyne Books; 1967; (original Dutch edition published in 1960)
  7. Escher MC. Escher on Escher: Exploring the Infinite. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc; 1989;
  8. In:  Locher JL editors. M.C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work. New York: Harry N. Abrams; 1982;
  9. Penrose LS, Penrose R. Impossible objects: a special type of visual illusion. Br J Psychol. 1958;49:31–33
  10. Penrose R: Remarks in The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher, a video film by Michele Emmer, Film 7 International and M.C. Escher Foundation, 1980 and 1994.
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  12. Teuber ML. Sources of ambiguity in the prints of Maurits C. Escher. Scientific American. 1974;231:90–104
  13. Wagenaar JW. The importance of the relationship “Figure and Ground” in fast traffic. Ophthalmologica. 1952;124:309–315

PII: S0039-6257(03)00027-4

doi: 10.1016/S0039-6257(03)00027-4

Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 356-361 , May 2003

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