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MC Escher

MC Escher Notes

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Relativity A 1953 lithograph depicting three different sources of gravity and several staircases used by faceless people.
Alhambra The Moorish palace in Spain whose geometric tile mosaics inspired Escher's work on tessellations.
Tessellation A pattern of shapes that fits together perfectly without gaps or overlaps, frequently featuring birds, fish, or reptiles.
Penrose Triangle An "impossible object" (tribar) that Escher used as the basis for the water flow in his lithograph "Waterfall."
Drawing Hands A lithograph depicting two hands emerging from a page to draw each other into existence.
Hand with Reflecting Sphere A 1935 self-portrait showing the artist reflected in a glass ball held in his hand.
Ascending and Descending A work featuring an endless staircase on a monastery roof, inspired by a concept from Lionel and Roger Penrose.
Metamorphosis A series of massive woodcuts where shapes like the town of Atrani transition into chess pieces and animals.
Douglas Hofstadter The author of "Gödel, Escher, Bach," who used Escher's work to explain the concept of "strange loops."
Symmetry A mathematical property Escher explored through rotation, reflection, and glide reflection in his "Regular Division of the Plane."
Another World A mezzotint depicting a bird-human figure in a room where three different gravitational views are visible through windows.
Belvedere A lithograph featuring an impossible cuboid building; it includes a figure holding a "Necker Cube."
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita The graphic artist who served as Escher's teacher and mentor, helping him master woodcutting.
Möbius Strip A surface with only one side and one boundary component, famously depicted by Escher with red ants crawling on it.
Reptiles A 1943 lithograph where 2D tessellated lizards come to life, crawl over a biology book, and return to the drawing.
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