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Masters of Deception:
Escher, Dalν & the Artists of Optical
Illusion
Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (New York), Fall 2004
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M.C. Escher (1898
- 1972)
See
Masters of Deception for complete biographical details and
descriptive examples of Eschers work.
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Movies Related to this
Artist
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Penrose 1
Play the movie to see
an interview with Oxford physicist Roger Penrose describing his
relationship to artist M.C. Escher and the creation of impossible figures.
Penrose 2
Play the movie to see
an interview with Oxford physicist Roger Penrose discussing the
perspective of impossible figures.
Reptile
Play the movie to see
how an Escher tessellating figure is created mathematically.
Snakes
Watch as M.C. Escher
creates his last work "Snakes" in 1969.
Print
Mezotint
Watch as M.C. Escher
creates a complex Mezotint.
Interview
1
M.C. Escher discusses
his conversion as a student of architecture to printmaking, and the
influence of his teacher Jessurun de Mesquita.
Interview
2
M.C. Escher discusses
the fact that drawing was his favorite subject in secondary school.
Interview
3
M.C. Escher discusses
his interest in Italian landscapes and the influence of Moorish
architecture in his works.
Interview
4
Interview
5
M.C. Escher discusses his interest in
geometrical figures.
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movies listed above,
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and either
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or Real Player
installed on your computer.
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