The Life & Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher Part I

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mathematics

M.C. Escher is famous for creating woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints inspired by this.

<p>M.C. Escher is famous for creating woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints inspired by this.</p>
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geometry

The two broad areas of mathematics that M.C. Escher's work covered are the logic and what else of space?

<p>The two broad areas of mathematics that M.C. Escher's work covered are the logic and what else of space?</p>
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alhambra

This Italian fourteenth-century Moorish castle in Granada, Spain inspired Escher's artwork.

<p>This Italian fourteenth-century Moorish castle in Granada, Spain inspired Escher's artwork.</p>
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tessellation

A pattern of shapes that cover a 2-dimensional surface into infinity without gaps or overlaps.

<p>A pattern of shapes that cover a 2-dimensional surface into infinity without gaps or overlaps.</p>
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necker

Escher's artistic worlds were drawn & built around impossible objects such as the Penrose triangle and this cube type.

<p>Escher's artistic worlds were drawn &amp; built around impossible objects such as the Penrose triangle and this cube type.</p>
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17 wallpaper groups

In mathematics, two-dimensional repeating patterns with two independent translations which fill the plane.

<p>In mathematics, two-dimensional repeating patterns with two independent translations which fill the plane.</p>
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hyperbolic geometry

This takes place on a curved two-dimensional surface called hyperbolic space.

<p>This takes place on a curved two-dimensional surface called hyperbolic space.</p>
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notebook

This object Escher created, called the "Regular division of the plane with asymmetric congruent polygons" aided Escher's mathematics integration into his art.

<p>This object Escher created, called the "Regular division of the plane with asymmetric congruent polygons" aided Escher's mathematics integration into his art.</p>
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system of categorizing

Escher's notebook aided him with this in regards to combinations of shape, color, and symmetrical properties.

<p>Escher's notebook aided him with this in regards to combinations of shape, color, and symmetrical properties.</p>
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tessellations

Escher used repeating tilings called this in much of his artwork beginning in the 1930's after visiting the Castle Alhambra.

<p>Escher used repeating tilings called this in much of his artwork beginning in the 1930's after visiting the Castle Alhambra.</p>