M. C. Escher's legacy

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The special way of thinking and the rich graphic work of the Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972) have had continuous influence in the science world and in the art world too. His ideas have been used in the field of psychology, philosophy, logic, crystallography and topology, etc. Graphic artists, printmakers and painters still study his special perspective designs and his unique visual concepts. The art of M.C. Escher is based on mathematical principles like tessellations, spherical geometry, the Möbius strip, unusual perspectives, visual paradoxes, different kinds of symmetries and impossible objects. There are followers of his searching for the figural representation of these abstract ideas, and also there are important artists who started to deal with mathematic related art alone apart from his influence but they reached similar conclusion as for example Oscar Reutersvard (1915 – 2002) who is well known as the "father of impossible figures."

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The centennial of Escher's birth in 1998 was marked by an international congress and exhibition in Rome where artists, scientists, designers, engineers, mathematicians, psychologists and teachers celebrated M. C. Escher, his work and his scientific and educational heritage but first of all his artistic legacy. Out of the congress a book was published: M. C. Escher's legacy: A Centennial Celebration, edited by Doris Schattschneider and Michele Emmer.

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