Learning as I go along in life


Like Wierd Al Yankovic, Escher was my favorite M.C.
December 23, 2008, 4:07 pm
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IMG_1550, originally uploaded by klb1018.



Art and Science held each other lovingly in M.C. Escher’s work
December 23, 2008, 4:05 pm
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24032008185, originally uploaded by Jonathan van Rij.



Eye – M. C. Escher 1946
December 23, 2008, 3:59 pm
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Eye – M. C. Escher 1946, originally uploaded by .toffa..

Mortality in ones eye



Hand with reflecting sphere – M. C. Escher 1935

I’m going to paraphrase Dali when describing Escher. He didn’t just do art with prescision, he was prescision.



Puddle by M.C. Escher (1952)
December 23, 2008, 3:57 pm
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Puddle by M.C. Escher (1952), originally uploaded by vidalia_11.

Extraordinary rendering of ordinary nature.



Three Worlds by M.C. Escher (1955)

Three Worlds by M.C. Escher (1955), originally uploaded by vidalia_11.

Near Photographic Perfection



Sensuous Vampire Kiss
December 23, 2008, 3:53 pm
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Munch, originally uploaded by srett.

Edvard Munch’s The Vampire



The Bridesmaid by James Jacques Joseph Tissot

The-Bridesmaid-large, originally uploaded by vorpalchess.



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TISSOT, JAMES JACQUES-JOSEPH – Young Woman in a Boat