Mc Escher Research Paper

The thing that stands out in MC Escher is the fictitious reality that grasps our imagination when we experience his art. Escher’s art consisted of woodwork, optical illusions and printmaking. Most believe that Escher must have had a complex mind to be able to conjure elaborate two and three-dimensional planes that falsely tickle our mind. When art critics have interviewed Escher they try to pick his mind to see how he developed ideas that had so much depth and perception, finding out about his childhood, adulthood and everything he's ever learned to understand what inspired him. To this day his work is used in lessons for students K-12, inspiring art with math and vice versa.
Maurits Cornelis Escher was born on 1898 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands and died on 1972. Due to his son staying back twice, Escher’s’ father gave his child a scientific training to help him be able to find a good career. He wasn't a brilliant young man but Escher was going to become an architect before he chose to study design. His talent in was ever emotional, his works were based more on finding a quest, and that there is more than what meets the eye. Many people have tried to understand where Escher got his inspiration and found his art but explained it in such a simple form that it seemed almost …show more content…
The 2D print was made to not look still; the fictional setting did not stop the work of art from coming alive. 2D “reality” exists to us but cannot be grasped as 3D can; the special thing about Escher’s work is the way he plans out a background. The planes that Escher used started off perfectly flat at the beginning, he used up the space to make a story by applying repetition and multiplication. The 3D work had shapes; Escher would make models of shapes with up to 20 or more sided planes in them. Sketches were luckily