Escher is an artist who cannot be classified. Many of his prints originate from paradox, illusion and double meanings. He tried to ignore their inconsistency and pursue the integrity of the picture, or let those who could not be present at the same time be present at the same time. Like a magician who has cast magic, he presents a fascinating "impossible world" in three dimensions with logic and superb painting skills that almost no one can get rid of. Many of his works, such as The Painter's Hand, Convex and Concave, Gallery and The Limit of Circle and Depth, are masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.
Many artists were inspired by escher's printmaking achievements, and even produced a school which can be named "escher Doctrine". However, people often have their own needs for the study of escher, and misunderstandings about escher are also common. Simply from the perspective of science, psychology or aesthetics, it is impossible to make a fair evaluation of his works. As Song Tian, a Chinese translator of Magic Mirror-escher's Impossible World and a professor of philosophy at Peking University, said, "escher is actually a thinker, but his works are not expressed in words, but in paintings. Each of his works is a summary and record of his ideological exploration. "
Artists or scientists?
Escher is unique and unique, and his works form a self-sufficient and rich world. For this world, ordinary people often can't enter the door, just regard it as an interesting and strange picture. Scholars, on the other hand, have their own needs, some of which are subtle and some are talking to themselves. Misunderstanding of escher is even more common. For example, some people often call escher a master of illusion graphics, while others sometimes say that escher is proficient in natural science or mathematics.
Of course, it is because escher's thinking problems and ways are closer to scientists than artists; So it is not surprising that his works were first accepted by scientists, who discovered the value and significance of escher's works. Mathematicians, physicists and psychologists, such as Hou Shida, explain escher from their own perspective, or use escher to explain their theories. Yang Zhenning's short story A Brief History of the Discovery of Elementary Particles is based on escher's Knight. In the so-called scientific and cultural translations published by China in recent years, there are also many expositions about escher. For example, Penrose's The Emperor's New Brain.
Judging from the current mass context, it is an artist's honor to express "scientific thoughts" and be appreciated by scientists. However, this understanding just ignores the value of escher as an independent thinker. Although escher has many friends who are scientists, several of them have influenced his works. But in my opinion, escher didn't try to express the thoughts of "scientists", just wanted to express his own thoughts. Some people say that escher represents the sense of space in the era of non-Euclidean geometry, and its basic feature is the curvature of space, which makes sense. The bending of space makes winding possible and "finite unbounded" possible. Today, we know that physical space can be bent by gravity, but it is unbounded but finite: unbounded does not mean infinite.
M (short for meter) C.F. escher occupies a unique position in world art, and his works-mainly works with mathematical significance-can't belong to any genre. Before him, no artist has created similar works, and after him, no artist has followed the path he has discovered so far. Mathematics is the soul of his art, and he found unspeakable beauty in the characteristics of symmetry, accuracy, regularity and order of mathematics. At the same time, combined with his unparalleled talent, escher created a well-known and charming work. This book is the first largest collection of escher's works of various periods and types in China, and it also contains many research sketches of escher's creative period for readers' reference; Appreciation writing elaborates on the listening mathematics principle and creative thinking of escher's works, which helps readers to understand the connotation of escher's works and enter the wonderful world of escher more easily.
The originator of three-dimensional space pictures
It is found that the visual simulation in escher's works 30 years ago is so similar to today's virtual three-dimensional video and digital methods, and his various image aesthetics are almost copies of today's computer image vision, full of the mixed atmosphere of electronic age and medieval intelligence. So some people say that escher's art is a modern art that truly transcends the times and goes deep into self-rationality. Some people call him the originator of stereoscopic pictures.
Escher's works never refuse the audience. All his works are full of humor, mystery, wit and fairy-tale visual charm. Philosophers, mathematicians and physicists can explain it very deeply, and every ordinary person can find his own feelings, even children. Some twisted circles, an endless staircase, or two scenes seen from two different angles ... Half a century ago, The Impossible World, written by the famous Dutch printmaker escher, is still unique and popular all over the world.
Most people in China first saw escher's works in the early 1980s. At that time, escher's famous Waterfall was published in the center insert of the first issue of Reader's Digest (now Reader), which should be escher's first mass communication in China.
Escher's influence among intellectuals in China is partly attributed to GEB, an eternal golden belt (1984), which is one of the series of Going to the Future by Sichuan People's Publishing House. This booklet is just a simplified version of a great book by American scholar Hou Shida, whose original work won the Pulitzer Prize in the United States. 12 years later, 1996, the Chinese translation of Godel, Eisele and Bach-Masterpieces of Different Treasures was published. This book compares the mathematician Godel, the artist escher and the musician Bach, and thinks that they all have * * * characteristics in different fields of human thinking.