10 October 2010

Escher, M. C. Escher


CT trip part 3

Hearing it was my birthday, the American Art Museum in New Britain, CT decided to feature one of my childhood favorite artists. Here's the entrance to the M. C. Escher exhibit:It had the classics
and some creative worlds
Here's some quotes:

And before Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" Escher did this: (see it?!)
Fractals without computers!
And Snakes. And Infinity!
Another another world:
Also, a few days before he died he CARVED this: (it tessellates over the entire sphere!)
The rest are just creative and awesome tessellations that I couldn't resist putting up. Enjoy (I think if you click on them, they get bigger - via la artiste mathmatica)





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