Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch print artist known for his geometric woodcuts, his lithographs, and mezzotints. He was born on June 17, 1898 and died on March 27, 1972.
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| - Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch print artist known for his geometric woodcuts, his lithographs, and mezzotints. He was born on June 17, 1898 and died on March 27, 1972.
- M.C. Escher (full name: Maurits Cornelius Escher) was a Dutch graphical artist whose art is known for being both mathematical in nature and brain-bending. Some common elements in his prints include:
* Structures or situations in which each individual element is plausible, but which become impossible when taken as a whole.
* Tessellations -- that is, patterns which could extend over the entire plane if repeated indefinitely. (Escher also happens to be a close contemporary of Rene Magritte, whose works also mess with the viewers' heads, though not in the same way.)
- M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. One of Esher's most famous works titled Relativity depicts a paradoxical world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply. A poster of the piece is featured on Sarah's bedroom wall in Labyrinth and was the source for the Illusionary maze at the end of the film. As a result the Escher estate was given acknowledgment in the credits for the film.
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| - M.C. Escher (full name: Maurits Cornelius Escher) was a Dutch graphical artist whose art is known for being both mathematical in nature and brain-bending. Some common elements in his prints include:
* Structures or situations in which each individual element is plausible, but which become impossible when taken as a whole.
* Tessellations -- that is, patterns which could extend over the entire plane if repeated indefinitely. Many works will reference some of these constructions he invented or popularized -- some common choices are Relativity, a room with various staircases and landings using different directions of gravity, Drawing Hands, in which two hands are each drawing the other into existence, and Ascending and Descending, a staircase which goes up or down forever (based on the Penrose Stairway). (Escher also happens to be a close contemporary of Rene Magritte, whose works also mess with the viewers' heads, though not in the same way.) A long list of Escher in popular culture can be found in this page. Oh, just to mention, he's also "Weird Al" Yankovic's favorite MC.
- Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch print artist known for his geometric woodcuts, his lithographs, and mezzotints. He was born on June 17, 1898 and died on March 27, 1972.
- M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. One of Esher's most famous works titled Relativity depicts a paradoxical world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply. A poster of the piece is featured on Sarah's bedroom wall in Labyrinth and was the source for the Illusionary maze at the end of the film. As a result the Escher estate was given acknowledgment in the credits for the film. In the Sesame Street Museum of Monster Art, Bert is admiring Regular Division of the Plane with Birds. Baby Gonzo and Baby Piggy find themselves in a room based on Relativity in the Muppet Babies episode "Romancing the Weirdo".
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