Brandon Garcia
Professor Preston
English 1302.43480
02 February 2016
The Unknown World: A Parallel World
Mirrors have always fascinated man. Without mirrors or any reflective surface man would never see how they look like. Mirrors have been thought to contain a separate world behind the reflection. Hand with Reflecting Sphere is a lithograph made by Mauritis Cornelis Escher in the year 1935. Hands with Reflecting Sphere basically shows a hand holding a sphere with a reflective surface against what looks to be a wall. The reflection shows Escher sitting in his office while holding the sphere. (see fig.1) When generally looking at the lithograph it seems to be very simple and straight forward but in reality the lithograph is very unique. The …show more content…
In the lithograph a human hand holding a sphere can be seen. In the sphere there is a reflection. The reflection shows the holder of the sphere. In the reflection Escher can be seen sitting in a chair in what looks to be his office or living room. In the room two windows can be seen in the right side of the reflection, under those two windows is a table and stool. There is a ceiling light and a lamb near the table and stool. From what can be seen there is a total of three couch chairs including the one Escher is sitting on. Directly behind Escher is a bookshelf hanged horizontally. There are many unique framed photographs in the lithograph. There is nothing really intriguing about the inside of the …show more content…
In the lithograph the viewer is in the actual reflection watching outward toward Escher. Escher tries to depict the idea of another world past the reflection. Escher does a very good job of depicting the idea of another world inside a reflection. The idea of another being watching through the glass has been around for a long time. Mirrors have always been thought to be a door to another world. As Escher is dead now the real meaning of Hand with relating sphere will be unknown, all that can be is speculation based on the
Professor Preston
English 1302.43480
02 February 2016
The Unknown World: A Parallel World
Mirrors have always fascinated man. Without mirrors or any reflective surface man would never see how they look like. Mirrors have been thought to contain a separate world behind the reflection. Hand with Reflecting Sphere is a lithograph made by Mauritis Cornelis Escher in the year 1935. Hands with Reflecting Sphere basically shows a hand holding a sphere with a reflective surface against what looks to be a wall. The reflection shows Escher sitting in his office while holding the sphere. (see fig.1) When generally looking at the lithograph it seems to be very simple and straight forward but in reality the lithograph is very unique. The …show more content…
In the lithograph a human hand holding a sphere can be seen. In the sphere there is a reflection. The reflection shows the holder of the sphere. In the reflection Escher can be seen sitting in a chair in what looks to be his office or living room. In the room two windows can be seen in the right side of the reflection, under those two windows is a table and stool. There is a ceiling light and a lamb near the table and stool. From what can be seen there is a total of three couch chairs including the one Escher is sitting on. Directly behind Escher is a bookshelf hanged horizontally. There are many unique framed photographs in the lithograph. There is nothing really intriguing about the inside of the …show more content…
In the lithograph the viewer is in the actual reflection watching outward toward Escher. Escher tries to depict the idea of another world past the reflection. Escher does a very good job of depicting the idea of another world inside a reflection. The idea of another being watching through the glass has been around for a long time. Mirrors have always been thought to be a door to another world. As Escher is dead now the real meaning of Hand with relating sphere will be unknown, all that can be is speculation based on the