Three Spheres II

Three Spheres II

Artwork


title=Three Spheres II
artist=M. C. Escher
year=1946
type=lithograph
height=26.9
width=46.3

"Three Spheres II" is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in April 1946.

As the title implies, it depicts three spheres on a flat surface.

The sphere on the left is transparent with a photorealistic depiction of the refracted light cast through it towards the viewer and onto the flat surface.

The sphere in the center is reflective. Its reflection is a self-replicating image of Escher in his studio drawing the three spheres. In the reflection one can clearly see the image of the three spheres on the paper Escher is drawing on: in the center sphere of that image, one can vaguely make out the reflection of Escher’s studio which is depicted in the main image. This process is implied to be infinite, recursive.

The sphere on the right is opaque and diffuse, i.e. neither specularly reflective nor transparent.

ee also

*"Still Life with Spherical Mirror"
*"Hand with Reflecting Sphere"
*Printmaking

ources

*Locher, J.L. (2000). "The Magic of M. C. Escher". Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.


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