M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist born in 1898 who is known for his mathematically inspired artwork. He initially studied architecture but switched to decorative arts. As a printmaker, he enjoyed creating woodcuts and was fascinated by tessellations, landscapes, and creating impossible worlds through his vivid imagination. Escher's artwork distorts reality in fascinating ways and continues to amaze millions of people worldwide with its blend of mathematics and artistic creativity.

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M.C. Escher
The Mathematical Art of a Graphic Artist
1898-1972

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M. C. Escher was born in the Netherlands.

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Escher studied architecture, but he failed a
number of subjects and switched to decorative
arts.

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Escher was a printmaker who enjoyed making
woodcuts. This is a self portrait Escher made.

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Still Life with Street was the first print he
created in 1937.

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Escher loved making landscapes.

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He created art from his imagination.

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He thought it was more creative to draw what
you remembered, than to draw what you were
looking at.

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He created impossible worlds from his
imagination.

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Why is this room impossible?

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M. C. Escher created many self portraits.

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Many times he looked into a mirrored ball to
draw himself.

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This is a double self portrait. Can you see
Escher twice?

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Do you see the skull?

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Another impossible drawing!

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Many of his pictures use repeated tilings called
tessellations.

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In a tessellation, all the space is used up.

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When one shape ends another on begins.

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Escher made this tessellation like the mirror
ball. Objects are large in the center, and
smaller towards the edge.

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This one is the opposite; smaller in the center
and larger on the edges.

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How do you see this one?

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Escher’s work is well liked by mathematicians
and scientists

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They love the way he distorts reality.

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Impossible?

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During his lifetime he created over 150 pieces
of art!

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M. C. Escher’s art continues to amaze, wonder
and fascinate millions of people all over the
world.