The special way of thinking and the rich graphic work of the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) have had continuous influence in science and art. His ideas have been used in psychology, philosophy, logic, crystallography and topology, etc. Graphic artists, printmakers and painters still study his special perspective designs and his unique visual concepts. The art of M.C. Escher is based on mathematical principles like tessellations, spherical geometry, the Möbius strip, unusual perspectives, visual paradoxes, different kinds of symmetries and impossible objects.
Some artists consciously follow Escher in seeking figural representation of these abstract ideas. Others have independently reached similar conclusions, as for example Oscar Reutersvard (1915–2002), the "father of impossible figures."
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[edit] Centennial congress and book
In 1998, the centennial of Escher's birth was marked by an international congress and exhibition in Rome where artists, scientists, designers, engineers, mathematicians, psychologists and teachers celebrated M. C. Escher, his work and his scientific and educational heritage but first of all his artistic legacy. Out of the congress a book was published: M. C. Escher's legacy: A Centennial Celebration, edited by Doris Schattschneider and Michele Emmer.
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