| For decades the graphic designs of M. C. Escher have attracted
the attention of people interested in mathematics. |
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include his studies of impossible figures in Belvedere, Waterfall, and Ascending and Descending
(Click each picture for an enlargement in a new window.) |
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| Belvedere | Waterfall |
Ascending and Descending |
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| his distortions of perspective in Relativity, Other World, and Print Gallery |
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| Relativity | Other World |
Print Gallery |
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| and his depictions
of two-dimensional objects entering the third dimension in
Drawing Hands, Reptiles, Encounter, and Magic Mirror. |
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| Drawing Hands | Reptiles |
Encounter |
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| Escher's attempts to represent the infinite began with Regular Division of the Plane and Symmetry Work, |
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| Magic Mirror | Regular Division of the Plane III |
Symmetry Work 72 |
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| Later attempts include Curved Beechwood Ball wiht Fish, Smaller and Smaller, and Circle Limit III |
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| Curved Beechwood Ball wiht Fish | Smaller and Smaller |
Circle Limit III |
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