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2. M. C. Escher - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] World War II forced them to move in January 1941, this time to Baarn, Netherlands, where Escher lived until 1970. [2] Most of Escher's best-known works date from this period. The sometimes cloudy, cold, and wet weather of the Netherlands allowed him to focus intently on his work. [2] After 1953, Escher lectured widely.

3. 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 ...

4. Category:Works by M. C. Escher - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Works by M. C. Escher" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

5. Ascending and Descending - Wikipedia

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   While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions to create an illusion of depth, Escher here and elsewhere uses conflicting proportions to create the visual paradox. [ 1 ] Ascending and Descending was influenced by, and is an artistic implementation of, the Penrose stairs , an impossible object ; Lionel Penrose had first published ...

6. Regular Division of the Plane - Wikipedia

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   Regular Division of the Plane III, woodcut, 1957 - 1958.. Regular Division of the Plane is a series of drawings by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which began in 1936. These images are based on the principle of tessellation, irregular shapes or combinations of shapes that interlock completely to cover a surface or plane.

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

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   The two support towers continue above the aqueduct and are topped by two compound polyhedra, revealing Escher's interest in mathematics as an artist. The one on the left is a compound of three cubes. The one on the right is a stellation of a rhombic dodecahedron (or a compound of three non-regular octahedra) and is known as Escher's solid.

8. 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 ...

9. Snakes (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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   Snakes is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. The work was first printed in July 1969, and was Escher's last print before his death. [1] Snakes depicts a disc made up of interlocking circles that grow progressively smaller towards the center and towards the edge. There are three snakes laced through the edge of the disc.