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Maurits Cornelis Escher, also known as M.C Escher, was a graphic artist between 1898 and 1972. He is most famous for his unique works that incorporated mathematics, specifically the manipulation of perspective and space. He developed an innovative style of both print and engraved art (“M.C. Escher Biography”). Some of his most well-known works include, “Relativity,” “Ascending and Descending,” “Hand with Reflecting Sphere,” and “Metamorphosis” (Gallery, “Most Popular”). M.C. Escher was born…

other crafting skills (World of Mathematics 1). When he was out of elementary, he did not graduate from secondary school. He went to multiple schools to find his interest and when he was in the School of Architecture Ornamental Design located in Haarlem, Netherlands, he was inspired by S. Jessurum de Mesquita (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce 95). Originally he was going in to become an architecture. He found his true calling into becoming a graphic artist (World of Mathematics 1). One of his early…

the “black Mecca”. As for how Harlem came to be populated by a larger concentration of African-Americans than almost anywhere else, Jackson describes a brief history of the geographical location in northern Manhattan that was once known as Nieuw Haarlem, which began as a Dutch settlement. Though most African-Americans in New York at the time resided at the southern tip of the island, they gradually began to relocate further and further north until they stopped at Harlem. They settled here…

Cornelia “Corrie” ten Boom was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, on April 15, 1892. She was the youngest of 4 siblings (two sisters and a brother.) her father, Casper ten Boom, was a renowned jeweler and watchmaker. Corrie became Holland’s first female watchmaker. After Corrie’s mother passed away from heart failure, Corrie busied herself with helping her father in the shop and she started a girl’s youth club in which she taught Bible, crafts, sewing, and performing arts. In 1940, the ten Boom way…

Escher was born in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, but he moved to arnhem young and spent most of his youth there. He was not the greatest student so after failing his high school exams he enrolled in School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. After…

work The Republic, the cavemen see the shadows cast on the walls, and they regards that fantasy as the reality (Haarlem, 1604). There are a few intelligent individuals who are fortunate enough to see the original statues that cast shadows on the walls, nevertheless they are still seeing the fantasies because the statues are only copies of the outside world that represents reality (Haarlem, 1604). As technology progresses, civilizations are equipped with more advanced tools to understand the…

As we embark upon a journey, where two artists, only decades apart, contributed their finest pieces of art that forever added to the great collections of prodigious historical art. These two fine artists clearly display their true skill sets and artisanship in their paintings of themselves. Frida Kahlo, with her famous surreal self-portrait with a monkey and Judith Leyster, with her self portrait of her painting within the picture. Both self-portraits have many differences, but also have small…

lithographs, woodcuts and wood engravings and over 2000 drawings and sketches. He was born as the fourth and youngest son of a civil engineer and failed his high school exams, however enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. Escher plays with architecture, perspective and impossible spaces. “I believe that producing pictures, as do I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well” – M.C. Escher. Analysis The Hand with Reflecting Sphere,…

So, you want to be all fit, strong, and healthy? To achieve this, you can work out and engage in sports. But those are not the only ways to get fit. Why not try dancing? Yes, dancing! Not every one realizes this, but dancing can be a great form of exercise. Dancing can do the following: • Get your heart rate going and fire up those muscles, both big and small • Boost your energy and even your confidence • Improve your balance, coordination, posture, and flexibility • Improve your overall…

Set Centuries apart in completely different points in time, two artists in particular Frida Kahlo and Judith Leyster created individual masterpiece self-portraits. Considered as one of Mexico’s greatest artists alive, Frida started painting after suffering injuries in a bus accident (Bio). Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain and sexuality (The Complete Works). As rare in…