The Mathematical Art Of M.C. Escher

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his first admirers were mathematicians, who saw that his work was the visualization of many mathematical principals and ideas. This was remarkable because he had never had any math courses after high school, where he had learned only the basics. As his work developed he read more about mathematics and showed in his art an understanding of projective geometry and non-Euclidian geometry. He was also fascinated with the idea of " impossible" figures and used this to make fascinating art. For the mathematician Escher's art shows the application of two theories; the geometry of space and the logic of space.
The main subjects of Escher's early art are Rome and the Italian countryside. While living in Italy from 1922 to 1935, he spent the spring and summer months traveling throughout the country to make drawings. Escher developed these into prints. Using the winding roads of the Italian countryside, and the architecture of small hillside often he created enigmatic spatial effects ...

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