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2. M. C. Escher - Wikipedia

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   Maurits Cornelis Escher (/ ˈ ɛ ʃ ər /; [1] Dutch: [ˈmʌurɪts kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛɕər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even in ...

3. Still Life and Street - Wikipedia

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   Escher said it was one of his favorite drawings but thought he could have drawn it better. [citation needed] This image is a classic example of Escher's plays on perspective. In it, the horizontal plane of the table continues into the distance to become the street, and the rows of books on the table are seen to lean against the tall buildings ...

4. Hand with Reflecting Sphere - Wikipedia

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   Hand with Reflecting Sphere, also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror, is a lithograph by Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in January 1935. The piece depicts a hand holding a reflective sphere. In the reflection, most of the room around Escher can be seen, and the hand holding the sphere is revealed to be Escher's. [citation needed]

5. Day and Night (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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   Day and Night was one of the most popular of Escher's prints during his lifetime. He printed more than 600 copies of it. [2] A blue variant of the print sold for $94,062.50 in Los Angeles in 2022.

6. Relativity (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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   Relativity is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in December 1953. The first version of this work was a woodcut made earlier that same year. [1] It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply. The architectural structure seems to be the centre of an idyllic community, with most of its ...

7. Reptiles (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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   Reptiles depicts a desk upon which is a two dimensional drawing of a tessellated pattern of reptiles and hexagons, Escher's 1939 Regular Division of the Plane. [2] [3] [1] The reptiles at one edge of the drawing emerge into three dimensional reality, come to life and appear to crawl over a series of symbolic objects (a book on nature, a geometer's triangle, a three dimensional dodecahedron, a ...

8. Puddle (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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   Puddle is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in February 1952. Since 1936, Escher's work had become primarily focused on paradoxes, tessellation and other abstract visual concepts. This print, however, is a realistic depiction of a simple image that portrays two perspectives at once.

9. The Bridge (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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   The Bridge is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in March 1930. It depicts a bridge connecting two sheer cliffs. On the top of the left hand cliff is a city. The chasm between the two cliffs is narrow but plummets out of view. In the distance is another outcrop with a city built on top.