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M.C Escher and Geometry. By Jasmine Hollerway, Sky Kalfus, and Stephan TK. A little background information…. M.C. Esher was born in the Netherlands in 1898 dropped out of the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts decided to become an artist
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M.C Escher and Geometry By Jasmine Hollerway, Sky Kalfus, and Stephan TK
A little background information… • M.C. Esher was born in the Netherlands in 1898 • dropped out of the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts • decided to become an artist • spent much of his life traveling though Italy, which became the inspiration for much of his work
Parts, Shapes, and Relationships • Tessellations • Started with basic shapes (triangle, square, hexagon) • Altered them to take the form of animals • Each change had to be compensated
Parts, Shapes, and Relationships • Metamorphosis Images • Start with two-dimensional tessellation • Shift to three dimensions and back • Number of visible planes increases and decreases
Parts, Shapes, and Relationships • Strange Loop images
Parts, Shapes, and Relationships • Strange Loop images • Appear to be elevated • Actually on the same plane • Physically impossible structures
Tools and Methods • Used basic geometric shapes in his artwork • Repetition • Symmetry
Size and Quantity • For a presentation the tessellations would have had to be a manageable size but it really could have gone on infinitely in size. • The metamorphosis images- long and thin, to be read from left to right.
Why this is important? • Escher’s work shows how art can be enhanced by math, and vice versa • Brings depth to mathematics • Helps us understand geometry