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2 | [[caption-width-right:316:Music/WeirdAl's favorite [[IncrediblyLamePun M.C]].]] |
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4 | '''M.C. Escher''' (1898-1972, full name: Maurits Cornelius Escher) was a Dutch graphical artist whose art is known for being both mathematical in nature and [[MindScrew brain]]-[[AlienGeometries bending]]. Some common elements in his prints include: |
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6 | * Structures or situations in which each individual element is plausible, but which become impossible when taken as a whole. |
7 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesellation Tessellations]] — that is, patterns which could extend over the entire plane if repeated indefinitely. |
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9 | Many works will reference some of these constructions he invented or popularized — some common choices are ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_(M._C._Escher) Relativity]]'', a room with various staircases and landings [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} using different directions of gravity]], ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_Hands Drawing Hands]]'', in which two hands are [[LogicBomb each drawing the other into existence]], and ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_and_Descending Ascending and Descending]]'', a [[EndlessCorridor staircase which goes up or down forever]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink based on]] the [[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PenroseStairway.html Penrose Stairway]]). |
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11 | (Escher also happens to be a close contemporary of Creator/ReneMagritte, whose works also mess with the viewers' heads, though not in the same way.) |
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13 | Contrary to the name, he [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant was not, in fact, a rapper]] (though he is Music/WeirdAlYankovic's favorite [[PunnyName MC]]). |
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15 | Often works through PerspectiveMagic. A lot of AlienGeometries are based on his work. For more information on his techniques, see MediaNotes/GraphicalPerspective. |
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