#ArtSaturday Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired art pic.twitter.com/MhIvHtH24t— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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Reptiles pic.twitter.com/rZjJEV4CGT
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Horse, 1937-38 pic.twitter.com/UjTsngIUtI
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Sea Horse, 1937-38 pic.twitter.com/X5zoYd4vE2
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Lizard, 1937 pic.twitter.com/f0mcs3G2Bs
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Known to family as “Mauk,” Escher generally did poorly in school except in drawing.Two Birds, 1938 pic.twitter.com/DIk2ekD3j1
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Escher took carpentry and piano lessons till age 13.Fish, 1938 pic.twitter.com/d09UDt0rb8
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Three Birds, 1938 pic.twitter.com/V22dVHluYo
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Pessimist-Optimist, 1944 pic.twitter.com/TsE3tkbbDi
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In his early years, Escher sketched landscapes and insects, which appear in his later work.Horseman, 1946 pic.twitter.com/nIBc6UiNOF
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Escher was fascinated by “tessellation”: the tiling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes, with no overlaps and no gaps.Fish, Bird, Turtle (from Symmetry) pic.twitter.com/0ND0MrbTke
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Flying Fish, 1949 pic.twitter.com/jE4ct0hQTK
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Self-Portrait, 1929 pic.twitter.com/NdjIHT4xwT
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Still Life with Spherical Mirror, 1934
(self-portrait of Escher at his desk in his office in the sphere) pic.twitter.com/fRvdoTmauE— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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Escher was fascinated with mathematical concepts though he was never formally trained in maths.Hand with Reflecting Sphere
(self-portrait of artist in living room area, with books and fireplace) pic.twitter.com/8btdXAVfES— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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First Day of Creation, 1925 pic.twitter.com/D0AmDwH1m5
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Sixth Day of Creation, 1926 pic.twitter.com/oSteEaDSp4
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The Fall of Man, 1927 pic.twitter.com/Q12eNpdxt3
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Castrovala, 1930 pic.twitter.com/Us6c3AHZPG
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Porta Maria dell Ospidale, Ravella, 1932 pic.twitter.com/R3sRUBBAVS
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Still Life and Street, 1937
(reflection of deck of cards and pipe in ashtray in lidded jar) pic.twitter.com/GKBgaDhSpv— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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Escher was fascinated with symmetry and perspective.Ant, 1943 pic.twitter.com/zvwtbTPocH
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Metamorphosis I, 1937 pic.twitter.com/HcK2ErOtiw
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Day and Night, 1938
(Left and right sides of the picture are “mirror-images” of each other.) pic.twitter.com/0h0J6TOBeJ— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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Cycle, 1938 pic.twitter.com/HlKWymUdNH
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Escher is famous for his drawings of “impossible objects”Up and Down, 1947 pic.twitter.com/HvigO7UCcq
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Convex and Concave, 1955 pic.twitter.com/y7HfY4XPMK
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Ascending and Descending, 1960 pic.twitter.com/42fg17gcJk
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Relativity, 1953 pic.twitter.com/rFFbQA3Fp1
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Sky and Water, 1938 pic.twitter.com/JhwpvEgZVD
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Development II, 1939 pic.twitter.com/D3OdhhS26e
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Plane Filling with Reptiles, 1941 pic.twitter.com/vT9MTU4KDM
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Balcony, 1945 pic.twitter.com/p2mOlFAaaM
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Three Spheres, 1946
(self-portrait in the center sphere) pic.twitter.com/Tk6FqoW9Da— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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Drawing Hands, 1948 pic.twitter.com/CR9fec7ABE
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Puddle, 1952 pic.twitter.com/vzAGrDmTRS
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Some of Escher’s impossible buildings are replicated/imitated in Minecraft.Relativity, 1953 pic.twitter.com/9rwJuGiMHR
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Some of Escher’s impossible buildings are replicated/imitated in Minecraft.Relativity, 1953 pic.twitter.com/9rwJuGiMHR
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Flatworms, 1959 pic.twitter.com/irc8GPX2F3
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Circle Limit III, 1959 pic.twitter.com/E4BSIqz2aC
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Circle Limit IV (aka Bats and Angels), 1960 pic.twitter.com/uuqv70Zlwf
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Path of Life III, 1960 pic.twitter.com/jUc0HnFmJ8
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Waterfall, 1961 pic.twitter.com/Z24w7MATBq
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Escher’s last workSnakes, 1969 pic.twitter.com/WQAjKOTGua
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Video of Escher at work, from the official websitehttps://t.co/DaeLXBZUQU pic.twitter.com/o9JiIW7kcy— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
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Eye, 1946
(skull reflected in pupil) pic.twitter.com/XgG1hpqXla— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2018
