Hi Friends,
Am back to writing something after a very long time...
Few
days back I was talking to my colleague in his cabin, where I came across a
piece of art, which he had put up in front of his desk.
(Waterfall)
I
asked him about this image, and then he asked me to watch the image closely. I couldn’t
understand at first, the image was confusing. The water from the waterfall was
it going upwards or is it falling down??
Then
he told me about this artist named Escher. M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic
artist during 1890’s.
After
finishing my meeting with him, I got a bit inquisitive about this artist, and
tried looking out for more information
about his work on Google. Got to know a lot about his work. He is known for his
often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs (Lithography is a
method of printing originally based on the principle that oil and water do not
mix. Printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate).
His
first artistic work featured eight human heads divided in different planes.
After
seeing this image, i thought about the session which we had on perspective.
In
this image four faces are seen clearly, other four you will notice when you
tilt your head a bit.
While reading about him, they have said that,
later on, Escher started sketching landscapes with irregular perspectives that
are impossible in natural form.
His
artistic expression was created from images in his mind, rather than directly
from observations. Well known examples of his work include Drawing
Hands, a work
in which two hands are shown, each drawing the other hand.
We
have received mails on such images.
Other
know art pieces are Sky and Water, in which light plays on shadow
to morph the
water background behind fish figures into bird figures on a sky background; and
Ascending and Descending, in which
lines of people ascend and descend stairs in an infinite loop, on a
construction which is impossible to build and possible to draw only by taking
advantage of quirks of perception and perspective.(ref Google)
Fish..
bird..
Ship….bird
… fish…
The
metamorphosis of fish into frong.. Amazing..
(Ascending and Descending)
The
staircase going up or down???
(Bond
of union)
The
spiral with human face.
The above images are either
woodcut or Lithographs.
I
found his art very mesmerizing and hypnotic.
I
surely wanted to share this with you all as its all about perspective.
For
more information you can just google it out.
Enjoy!!!!
Best
Regards
Shailaja
D.
