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3) M.C. Escher Art Prints- Waterfall Relativity

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3) M.C. Escher Art Prints- Waterfall Relativity
Artist: M.C. EscherTitle: Waterfall, Ascending and Descending, and RelativityMedium: PrintSizes: 27 1/2" x 19 1/2" and 19 1/2" x 27 1/2"Overall condition: ExcellentBiographyM.C. Escher (1898-1972) worked primarily in the media of lithographs and woodcuts, though the few mezzotints he made are considered to be masterpieces of the technique. In his graphic art, he portrayed mathematical relationships among shapes, figures and space. Additionally, he explored interlocking figures using black and white to enhance different dimensions. Integrated into his prints were mirror images of cones, spheres, cubes, rings and spirals. Escher was left-handedAlthough Escher did not have mathematical training-his understanding of mathematics was largely visual and intuitive-Escher's work had a strong mathematical component, and more than a few of the worlds which he drew are built around impossible objects such as the Necker cube and the Penrose triangle. Many of Escher's works employed repeated tilings called tessellations. Escher's artwork is especially well liked by mathematicians and scientists, who enjoy his use of polyhedra and geometric distortions. For example, in Gravity, multi-colored turtles poke their heads out of a stellated dodecahedron.