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Geometry in Escher

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April 30, 2012

 

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Escher was fascinated by the idea of dividing the plane with geometric shapes. Tassellations, the arrangement of closed shapes that do not overlap or allow gaps, became a staple in his work. Typically tassellations are created with regular shapes, such as polygons. Escher was inspired by these patterns and the richness they added to a two dimensional surface, though also understood the geometric concept of three dimensions...
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Escher was interested in translating the concepts, and line drawings, of space beyond two dimensions to a believable visual depiction. He used many shapes, regular and irregular, that along with a use of certain isometries such as translation and rotation. On the Euclidian plane, N-fold rotational symmetry states that with a particular point (2-D) or axis (3-D) rotation of 360/n the shape/object will not change...
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