The Esteemed M.C. Escher

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All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see -- to see correctly --
and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.

Kimon Nicolaides

The Official M.C. Escher Website
Take a virtual ride through three of his most famous works; find out the latest news concerning his art (including warnings about forgeries); read his bio and quotes; download a FREE Escher Interactive Puzzle - have fun! The site is courtesy of Cordon Art B.V., the worldwide, exclusive representative of the M.C. Escher Copyrights.
Anitime 3D Computer Animation This is the website of Daniel Dugour's animation company, which created the Escher VR-ride that is featured on the official Escher website. Information about how the animation was made, as well as illustrations, are to be found there.
National Gallery of Art - COLLECTION M.C. Escher -- Life and Work
World of Escher(tm)
David McAllister's Escher Collection
M.C. Escher pictures and images 3W Posters offers more than 18000 pictures.
The Insects of M.C.Escher Cultural Entomology Digest 1, by Dexter Sear
M.C. Escher Biography Page
"Condensed mostly from the biography written by Bruno Ernst for the book M.C. Escher - His Life and Complete Graphic Work, © 1981, with some material from original essays by M.C. Escher."
Escher Web Sketch (The University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Escher Web Sketch allows you to draw repeating patterns."
This is one of the most intriguing java applets I've yet seen!
NOTE:Requires java-enabled web browser
A Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry
About QuasiTiler version 3.0
MPR Page
Some high resolution images as well as links to other Escher pages.

Artists and Academicians who have been inspired by M. C. Escher

Kali for Windows
For younger kids: Even the youngest children create symmetrical artwork based on the 17 tiling groups. Any child who can use a mouse can use Kali. No reading required. Every work is a masterpiece!
For older kids: Diving deeper, high school and college geometry students may systematically explore the wallpaper, frieze and rosette groups. Kali's Show Singularities command along with its Conway and IUC notation provide support for a theoretical analysis.
Hop's Gallery Hop's pics. Lots of mathematical art!
Symmetry/Tessellations from Math Forum: Math Library
"The Math Forum's Internet Math Library is a comprehensive catalog of Web sites and Web pages relating to the study of mathematics. This page contains sites relating to Symmetry/Tessellations."

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