Open at the Chiostro del Bramante is a striking exhibit of M.C. Escher - he’s not just for dorm room walls! Escher’s extraordinary works of visual complexity are inspired! The exhibition runs until Feb. 2015. A passage from the exhibition: “It is no coincidence that Escher’s attraction to the extraordinary and the unusual first took root in his heart and mind as a result of his amazement at the beauty of Italian landscapes, from the countryside around Siena and the intensity of the sea at Tropea to the precipitous cliffs in Castrovalva and the anthropomorphic mountains of Pentadattilo. It was his familiarity with these places, which differed so significantly from the gentle flatness of his native Holland, which laid the foundations of a career that ventured into the boundless fields of geometry and crystallography, becoming fertile ground for intellectual games where the imagination reigned supreme. In fact, Escher’s eyes were able to grasp the reality of the geometric mesh behind things, using it as the basis for his compositions to construct what he would later refer to as “interior images”. Read more at chiostrodelbramante.it/en/info/escher/#VpJ7LD0ORWWsOerH.99
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:36:53 +0000
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