M. C. Escher's legacy

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."

Other related artists

*Mitsumasa Anno
*Sergio Burato
*Karen Combs
*Douglas Dunham
*Bruno Ernst
*Tamás F. Farkas
*Robert Fathauer
*Shigeo Fukuda
*Mathieu Hamaekers
*Kelly M. Houle
*Hollister (Hop) David
*Robert F. Kauffmann
*Teja Krasek
*Akiyoshi Kitaoka
*Eva Knoll
*Jos de Mey
*Makoto Nakamura
*István Orosz
*Sandro Del Prete
*Rinus Roelofs
*Roger Shepard
*Vicente Meavilla Seguí
*Dick Termes

Centennial congress and book

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.

ee also

* M. C. Escher
* Oscar Reutersvard
* Escher Museum
* "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter
* Penrose triangle
* impossible staircases
* Necker cube
* Paradox
* Puzzle
* M. C. Escher in popular culture
* Op Art
* Printmaking

External links

* [http://www.mcescher.com/ M.C. Escher — Official website]
* [http://aixa.ugr.es/escher/table.html Escher gallery with high resolution images]
* [http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gershon/EscherForReal/ Escher for Real]
* [http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/art_of_reutersvard.html Art of Reutersvard]
* [http://illusionworks.com/mod/fukuda.htm# Works of Shigeo Fukuda]
* [http://www.termespheres.com/gallery1.html Dick Termes: Termespheres]
* [http://www.utisz.net/ UTISZ]
* [http://www.farkas-tamas.hu/ Tamás F. Farkas]
* [http://www.kellymhoule.com/ The Anamorphic Art of Kelly M. Houle]
* [http://www.gallery-diabolus.com/gallery/artist.php?id=utisz&page=131/István Orosz in Gallery Diabolus]
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/artofanamorphosis/ Anamorphoses]
* [http://members.tripod.com/vismath6/fath/ Math Art]
* [http://members.cox.net/tessellations/index.html Tessellations]
* [http://www.eschertile.com/people.htm People doing Math/Art Tessellations]
* [http://illusionworks.com/mod/ Masters of Deception]