In turn, these artworks inspired many studies devoted to the creation of computer-generated spiral patterns. “Whirlpools” in style and concept can be described as the nearest relation to our work here. Except for “Sphere Spirals”, all consist of animal motifs. Seven overt works on the theme are identified, including “Development II” (1939), “Whirlpools” (1957), “Path of Life I” (1958), “Path of Life II” (1958), “Sphere Surface with Fish” (1958) a mural for the Aula of funeral service building in Utrecht (1958), and “Sphere Spirals” (1958). This has implications when trying to adapt this type of rendering by computer.Įscher’s interest in the spiral, of both tessellation and itself, was quite extensive, especially of the mid-to-late 1950s. Admittedly, the differences are slight, but they still exist. However, it should be pointed out that Escher’s artworks also possess some “mathematical” shortcoming in terms of accuracy, caused by the impossibility of drawing identical motifs one after the other by the hand inadvertent imperfections arise. Save for a few artists, the resulting tessellations are typically far below the standards of Escher’s own works. However, trying to compose original Escher-like art to the same standard as Escher is not easy. On the other hand, a common shortcoming of computer-generated patterns to laypeople is that they lack interest, of an abstract nature, and so are thus of less obvious appeal, whereas with a recognisable motif, as Escher-like, there is thus an obvious point of interest. As people pay more and more attention to mathematics, art, aesthetics, and intelligence education, Escher’s artworks have attracted more and more mathematical attention, building on his legacy with tools not available in his day, specifically of the computer: Escherization, 3D Escher-like tessellations, Metamorphosis, Escher transmutation, hyperbolic tessellations, and f-tilings. ‘Immortality’ may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean”. As the noted English pure mathematician, Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877–1947) once said: “Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. Trends and fashion in art might change along with human civilisation’s progress, but the truth of mathematics never fades. Further, the wonderful visual impact of the artworks could also be accepted and experienced, even by children.
(Without additional explanation, all Escher’s artworks mentioned in this paper refer to his works of mathematical meaning.) This makes his artworks resonate strongly among mathematicians, scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. Both art and mathematics can be seen in the creation process of Escher. In contrast, mathematics is purely a cold, logical, non-feeling process without any creative input.
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Many people believe that art creation is closely related to “feeling”, where rational thinking can only restrict the full play of artistic talent. Īrt and mathematics are popularly assumed to be distinct subjects, as far apart as is possible. In his native Netherlands, Escher is recognized as the 37th greatest Netherlander amid other honours in recent polls. Evidence of this is that the most popular art exhibit in the world in 2011 was “The Magical World of Escher”, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, viewed by over \(500\,000\) people. Today, Escher’s art has found new admirers from around the world. Widespread interest in him skyrocketed in the late 1960s, and onwards. Indeed, it was only much later, in the early 1950s, before Escher gained international fame, with articles in The Studio, Time, Life and an exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1954). However, when Escher subsequently moved on to the mathematical art for which he later became renowned, beginning in 1936 (disregarding some initial studies of 1922 or 1923 that were abandoned), he was still essentially ignored by the art world for many years, indeed, if not dismissed entirely, due to the overt mathematical nature of his work. The art world essentially did not pay much attention to him at all, although he was recognized internationally, from as far back as 1934, at the Art Institute of Chicago, when he won the third prize for his lithograph Nonza. Compared with Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and other masters at that time, he was ploughing a lone furrow, more like a playful child hiding in the cellar playing visual games on his own.
In the era that Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972) flourished, the trend of European modern art, such as Fauvism, Futurism, and Cubism, was surging in different directions.
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