June 17, 2003

Happy Birthday MC

Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher was born on June 17, 1898, in the province of Friesland, Holland. He took up art in 1919, and became famous in the 1940s and 1950s for his novel tesselations of the plane and realistic depictions of impossible scenes and infinite vistas. He lived all of his life in Europe, and died in Hilversum, Holland in 1972.

To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to be wiser than I am.
-- M.C. Escher
On the official website of M.C. Escher you can find information about the use of his work, a short biography, news, bibliography, links and some fun stuff like a Virtual Ride through some of his works.

Posted by ac at June 17, 2003 01:20 AM

Comments

There are some really cool lego version here

Posted by: Faith at June 17, 2003 12:58 PM

Yeah, this guy does some fantastic things with legos. He even did a Klein bottle! And speaking of Klien bottles, one of the coolest people in the world, Cliff Stoll, is still making and selling them. He even has a wicked Klien stein. Check out www.kleinbottle.com
for the details.

Posted by: AC at June 17, 2003 04:11 PM