M.C. Escher became fascinated by the regular Division of the Plane, when he first visited the Alhambra, a fourteen century Moorish castle in Granada, Spain in 1922.
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Symmetry No. 45 |
Symmetry No. 20 |
Beechwood Sphere |
During the years
in Switserland and throughout the Second World War, he pursued his hobby by
drawing 62 of the total of 137 Regular Division Drawings he would make in
his lifetime.
He would extend his passion for the Regular Division of the Plane, by using
some of his drawings as the basis for another hobby carving beechwood spheres.
In conclusion, Maurits Cornelis Escher played with architecture, perspective and impossible spaces and coordinates. In his work we recognize his keen observation of the world around us and the expressions of his own fantasies. And even though his work was not directly related to mathematics or other exact sience, many mathematicians or other scientists considered him a model for their sciences.
