Tilings and Other Unusual Escher-Related Prints

Peter Raedschelders

A chapter in M.C. Escher’s Legacy, 2003, pp 230-243 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Mathematics is beauty. For most people, this is hard to understand. Mathematics is often synonymous with strange symbols and formulas, which are understood only by mathematicians. How can something that is pleasing to look at be the result of these formulas? One can use these formulas to make graphs, and as soon as we use these graphs for making drawings, strange things happen. At first sight, these drawings have little to do with mathematics. However if one looks closer, the mathematics behind the drawings becomes clearer. Many of M.C. Escher’s prints can be considered to be “mathematical.” For most people, these prints were their first and only acquaintance with this kind of drawing. Escher often claimed that he understood little of mathematics, but nevertheless many of his prints are the result of it. And who is to say that the prints of M.C. Escher aren’t beautiful?

Keywords: Klein Bottle; Regular Hexagon; Tropical Fish; Basic Tile; Periodic Tiling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28849-X_23

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