2010 Wall Calendar
With subtle humor and meticulous technique, Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) linked the surreal and the scientific with his strangely logical manipulations of space, dimension, and perspective. Through an artistic sleight of hand, he created works in which up and down have no meaning and seemingly inert patterns metamorphose into living creatures. Escher ingenious designs reflect a reverence for the order and beauty of the universe even as they mock humanity� rigid structuring of reality. His art has intrigued scientists and mathematicians, delighted critics, and attracted a large and loyal following.
Until the age of forty, M. C. Escher traveled a great deal, feeding his insatiable eyes with constantly shifting Mediterranean landscapes. Then he returned to Holland, put away his luggage, and set out on a series of internal odysseys. Maps of other worlds, his prints ceased to represent a tangible reality and instead suggested the results of taking up strange tools to build in accordance with Escherian laws on distant planets. This calendar’s selections are Symmetry Drawing 72, Three Spheres II, Day and Night, Reptiles, Belvedere, Phosphorescent Sea, Symmetry Drawing 103, Fish and Scales, Balcony, Symmetry Drawing 42, Three Worlds, and Hand with Reflecting Sphere.
Size: 12 x 13 in.; opens to 12 x 26 in.
