Let there be no mistake about it. Many of the pictures that now routinely appear in print are no more than pictorial aids to reasoning, graphical sketches intended to suggest or persuade rather than ...

Born in the Netherlands in 1898, Maurits Cornelis Escher was originally enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem with the intention of becoming an architect. ''I came ...

Featuring over 150 original works, Journey to Infinity: Escher’s World of Wonder takes you from MC Escher’s early works of realistic drawings and prints inspired by nature and Italy's landscape, to ...

Maurits Cornelis Escher saw the world differently. The Dutch artist created a few dozen images that, because of his peculiar perspective, have endured. But many of those images — two hands drawing ...

image: Dutch artist M.C. Escher's most famous drawing, ;Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell)', shows angels and demons in a tessellation that fills a circle without empty spaces. This masterful woodcut ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about film, the arts, and design. At once dizzying and revelatory, whimsical and informative, the exhibition thus embodies ...

A cache of M.C. Escher drawings, created during his time in Italy, fetched a stunning total of $7.8 million at Christie’s today, quadrupling its low presale estimate. The status of Escher as the ...

Geometric patterns have been used in art for centuries. They can be seen in the world’s greatest artworks, from Francisco José de Goya to Andy Warhol. “Geometric drawing is fun and rewarding,” says ...

Tessellation patterns that have fascinated mathematicians since Kepler worked out their systematics 400 years ago -- and that more recently have caught the eye of artists and crystallographers -- can ...