One of the most famous artist whose work has been long-admired
by scientists and mathematicians is M. C Escher, whose lithographs and
woodcuts were inspired by mathematical concepts. While not trained in
mathematics, he explored impossible constructions, polyhedra, symmetry,
tessellations, and the wonder of infinity.
One of his most renown pieces of art is the Drawing Hands
(1948) depicting two hands apparently drawing one another.
To learn
more about Escher's life and his work, please visit (www.mcescher.com/) or to view his
work, go directly to the gallery at www.mcescher.com/Gallery/gallery.htm.
More on
Escher tomorrow.
Science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two
pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact
may be made across the borderline between the two respective domains.
– M. C.
Escher
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