Metamorphosis I
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Artist | M. C. Escher |
Year | 1937 |
Type | woodcut |
Dimensions | 19.5 cm × 90.8 cm (7.7 in × 35.7 in) |
Metamorphosis I is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in May, 1937. This piece measures 19.5 cm × 90.8 cm (7+5⁄8 in × 35+3⁄4 in) and is printed on two sheets.
The concept of this work is to morph one image into a tessellated pattern, then gradually to alter the outlines of that pattern to become an altogether different image. From left to right, the image begins with a depiction of the coastal Italian town of Atrani (see Atrani, Coast of Amalfi). The outlines of the architecture then morph to a pattern of three-dimensional blocks. These blocks then slowly become a tessellated pattern of cartoon-like figures in oriental attire.
See also
- Metamorphosis II
- Metamorphosis III
- Regular Division of the Plane
Sources
- Locher, J. L. (2000). The Magic of M. C. Escher. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.
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- Tower of Babel (1928)
- Strada di Scanno (1929)
- Castrovalva (1930)
- The Bridge (1930)
- Atrani, Coast of Amalfi (1931)
- Still Life with Mirror (1934)
- Still Life with Spherical Mirror (1934)
- Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)
- Regular Division of the Plane (1936)
- Still Life and Street (1937)
- Metamorphosis I (1937)
- Day and Night (1938)
- Sky and Water I (1938)
- Sky and Water II (1938)
- Metamorphosis II (1939-1940)
- Reptiles (1943)
- Magic Mirror (1946)
- Three Spheres II (1946)
- Another World (1947)
- Drawing Hands (1948)
- Stars (1948)
- Double Planetoid (1949)
- Curl-up (1951)
- House of Stairs (1951)
- Puddle (1952)
- Dragon (1952)
- Gravitation (1952)
- Relativity (1953)
- Convex and Concave (1955)
- Three Worlds (1955)
- Print Gallery (1956)
- Cube with Magic Ribbons (1957)
- Belvedere (1958)
- Circle Limit III (1959)
- Ascending and Descending (1960)
- Waterfall (1961)
- Metamorphosis III (1967-1968)
- Snakes (1969)
- Escher in popular culture
- George Arnold Escher (father)
- Berend George Escher (brother)
- Mathematics and art
- Video games inspired by Escher
- Adventures in Perception (1971 documentary)
- Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979 book)
- M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990 book)
- Symmetry aspects of M. C. Escher's periodic drawings (1965 book)
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