M.C. Escher：The Graphic Work

M.C.Escherwasbornin1898inLeeuwarden(Netherlands).HereceivedhisfirstdrawinglessonsduringsecondaryschoolfromF.W.vanderHaagen,whoalsotaughthimtheblockprinting,thusfosteringEscher'sinnategraphictalents.From1912to1922hestudiedattheSchoolofArchitectureandOrnamentalDesigninHaarlem,wherehewasinstructedingraphictechniquesbyS.JessurundeMesquita.Escherisnotasurrealistdrawingusintohisdreamworld,butanarchitectofperfectlyimpossibleworldswhopresentsthestructurallyunthinkableasthoughitwerealawofnature.Theresultingdimensionalandperspectivalillusionsbringusintoconfrontationwiththelimitationsofoursensoryperception.