Escher organized his first important exhibition in 1956, which was also appreciated by Time magazine and won praise all over the world. Among them, many mathematicians expressed their admiration for escher, and thought that escher's paintings could more vividly reflect mathematical thoughts. Moreover, this is particularly impressive because escher has not received any special education. With the development of his creation, he got great inspiration from the mathematical world, and often used geometric structures directly in his works. This is the plot of escher's geometric polyhedron, which also makes his paintings vividly reflect the essence of geometric thought. Therefore, people who specialize in mathematics will realize that escher's works involve two fields: space geometry and space logic.
Escher's geometric polyhedron plot makes his artistic works unique, and also makes him gain an unshakable position in the art field.
What is escher's position in the history of art?
The answer to escher's position in art history is that he occupies a unique position in the world art history, and his works full of mathematical significance cannot be classified into any genre. Before him, no artist can create works with similar styles, and after him, no artist can summarize or outline the laws in his works. Mathematics is the soul of escher's creation, and his works embody the beauty of symmetry in mathematics, which makes people deeply fascinated.
In addition, escher's position in the history of art is also a controversial topic. The reason for the controversy is that escher's painting list is one-sided from an aesthetic point of view, and only those who have studied mathematics specially or are very sensitive to geometric figures in mathematics can truly appreciate the true meaning of his works. It is precisely because many people can't really understand the essence of escher's paintings and misinterpret the meaning he expressed in his paintings. They think that his works only fiddle with some chaotic and irregular geometric figures, which leads to how controversial escher's position in the history of art is. Some even suggest that escher can't be defined as an artist.
What is escher's position in the history of art? He is a painter who can't make a single classification. Most of his works are inspired by paradoxes and hallucinations. He doesn't pay attention to the disorder of the picture, but simply pursues the integrity of all elements. Even things that people think can't appear at the same time can appear together in escher's view. He is like a magician, adding magic to the brush, and then presenting it to everyone with unusual logic, which makes people shine and be fascinated.
Escher's Artistic Features
In the eyes of many people, mathematicians have always been expressionless and cold, while artists are too sensitive, have long hair and don't take the usual path. But escher broke through common sense. He is both a mathematician and an artist. At the same time, the rigor of mathematics is injected into art, forming escher's unique artistic characteristics.
Escher's artistic features are unique and pioneering. Before him, many artists just painted landscapes or things. Generally speaking, the pictures are complete, and they describe the real thing. But escher is different. His paintings are like Pandora. Opening a painting is like opening a magic box. His artistic style is peculiar. Opening it is like opening a world. When the ladder is turned upside down, the waterfall can flow horizontally, and the space is very strange, because you can't find the east, west, north and south at all, and naturally you can't look at it with a realistic eye. He has a painting called a gallery. This painting is out of shape. At first glance, a man is admiring the paintings in the gallery. On closer inspection, the man is still drawing. There is also a painting called Watchtower, which is also full of imagination. Our usual space is two-dimensional and three-dimensional, but escher's painting completely transcends the limitation of three-dimensional space, and shows his unique artistic characteristics in painting.
Contradiction is the source of the development of things. Contradiction has always been an important part of philosophy. Escher's artistic feature is that he can also integrate philosophy into art. In escher's Watchtower, the pillars look from below to the front, which is beyond common sense and shocking. Its design concept completely surpasses its contemporaries.
The rapid social progress brought by the second scientific and technological revolution has also brought about the development of art, and escher's unique artistic characteristics and outstanding paintings have also made this era.