M. C. Escher Tessellation

He was one of the most famous artists and many writers went to him to create compelling works

He was part of the Art Nouveau movement. That was artist embraced their graphic art. He was mostly known for his painting, illustrating and decorative art. His most famous piece was called the Slav Epic. He did decorated painting jobs in the Moravia. He also went to Munich Academy of Fine Art. He also went to a school in Paris where he decorated a Cathedral.

Looking around the world there are repeated patterns everywhere, and many people tend not to notice. Nature, both here on earth and in space, seems to reuse these patterns over and over again. Is there a driving force behind everything, or is it just all one colossal coincidence? Science has provided a theory that may favor the prior. There seems to a link between Panpsychism, and both the earthly and heavenly bodies of the universe. An artist by the name of Dan Christensen often uses the same patterns in his paintings. Usually a giant dot in the center, and swirling loops. One example of this is his piece, Revolver. The patterns he uses to paint we see examples of in, and outside of the world.

Regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His work ranges from altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts. He traveled to Italy later in his life. His trip had a huge effect on him, and his travels greatly influenced his art work during his last years of life. After he traveled to Italy, he remained there until his death in 1528.

Success came late for Wood who spent his life in his native Iowa where he found his inspiration and subjects. At the start of his career he was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and then painted in a manner that could be compared to those of John Sloan, Edward Hopper, Edouard Vuillard or

Beginning in the mid-1930s, Escher’s work turned very pointedly to the style we associate with him today. Some of his most

TXT- He works with pattern designs that seems to be geometric with repetitive patterns that he incorporates into his photographs of his subjects that may seem abstract. Page 189

His early paintings had an unconventional, unique, and unfinished look about them. The images were known to everyone in everyday life.

This specific piece of art was created around the same time when he was known by many people, in his late 50s'. Specifically, the art piece Exotic Landscape was most likely made in Laval, France at 1910. Although he-- “has

The use of geometric shapes in this painting allows the subject to be viewed in both a recognizable and unrecognizable state at the same time. Overall, geometric shapes and patterns play an essential role in what the viewer sees, which is further supported by a powerful color palate.

     Auguste Escoffier was born on October 28, 1846, in the village of Villeneuve-Loubet, France. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Escoffier and his wife Madeleine Civatte. His father was the villages blacksmith, farrier, locksmith, and maker of agricultural tools. Escoffier's childhood dream was to become a sculptor. Unfortunately he was forced to give up that dream at the age of thirteen, just after he celebrated his first Holy Communion Escoffier was told he was going to be a cook.

African patterns are very different from Milhaze’s artwork. African patterns came from architecture, artifacts, masks and textiles (Contemporary African Art). Most of the patterns are repetitive, for instance, chevron and zigzag patterns are examples but geometric shapes are also repetitive. The geometric shapes are used in paintings, print, and many more. The geometric shapes pattern can be arranged horizontally or vertical. Some African patterns are also found in crafts and artifacts such as: baskets, jewelry, cravings, blankets, etc.

Escher gladly did so, as he had only taken up architecture to please his father. Escher studied under Jessurum de Mesquita from 1919 until 1922. After he had concluded his studies, he traveled extensively, mostly in Italy. Escher took up residence in Rome from the early twenties until the mid-thirties. While residing there, he made it a tradition to make a journey to the Italian countryside every spring. He traveled long distances on foot in many areas of southern Italy that were not popular for travel at the time. During these explorations, Escher made drawings of whatever interested him, mainly the Italian countryside and the architecture, which fascinated him to draw. During the winters, he would convert the drawings and rough sketches into woodprints. In 1935, the rise of Fascism caused Escher to leave Italy and move to Switzerland. A year later, he made the last of his long study trips, this time on an ocean freighter along the coast of Italy to Spain. On this trip, he encountered several prints created in Spain in the Middle Ages that held a special interest for him and later inspired many of his tessellation pieces. In 1937, Escher moved to a small town near Brussels, returned to Brussels in 1941, and moved a final time in 1970, to Laren, located in the Netherlands. After 1937, Escher traveled a great deal less frequently, leaving home only for vacations, to visit his children living abroad, or on lecture circuits. His

Mc Escher's art is very well known. Perhaps you have seen some of his art, but never actually realized whose art it was. I like how he incorporated math in his artwork, and that is one of the reason I chose him. We will be covering his not as well known childhood, later life, and his phases of art. First, we will be traveling back to the Beginning; Mc Escher's birth.

This was also applied in other mediums, for example elongated shapes were used in furniture or vases and paintings or stained glass windows were produced on long and slim formats; the floral motifs as well as human figures were unnaturally elongated and thin. Additionally, as well as elongating the shapes and figures, there was a tendency for rounding and breaking sharp edges, this can be easily recognised in the architecture, where straight lines and angles were alleviated, forming curves to ease the overall