M.C. Escher: Drawing Hands
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M.C. Escher, was a Dutch-Frisian graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
Some people would classify his art as surrealism, but to use any label at all is to minimize the uniqueness of his visual style.
For 2011 I’ve found you two wall calendars:
$7.99 M.C. Escher 2011 Mini Wall Calendar
Intrigued by impossible geometries, dimensional inversions, and the tension between the flat and the spatial, M. C. Escher created drawings, prints, and paintings that employ strange but somehow logical manipulations of space and perspective. This compact wall calendar presents twelve classic examples of M. C. Escher’s graphic wizardry– among them Reptiles, Balcony, and House of Stairs.
$13.99 M.C. Escher 2011 Evolution Wall Calendar
M. C. Escher cultivated contradictions; the world of his art was a deliberate violation of reality, logic, and everyday expectations. Yet there is nothing chaotic in Escher’s imagery. A fish may mutate into a goose, stairs may climb at angles denounced by gravity, water may run uphill, but the clean, rational lines of these prints transcend the rules of the possible, achieving a logic beyond logic.
For 2010 I’ve found you two calendars, one desk calendar and one planner, all published by Pomegranate.
M.C. Escher Harcover Planner 2010
M.C. Escher 2010 Hardcover Engagement Calendar
Escher’s subtle, humorous explorations of the visually plausible but physically impossible made—and keep—him famous. This calendar presented thirty-two classic Escher drawings, woodcuts, and lithographs, along with fifty-four weekly grids, twelve full-page monthly grids, lists of international holidays and international calling codes/time differences, and double-page spreads of 2010 and 2011 yearly grids.
M.C. Escher wall calendar 'Beyond Logic' 2010
M.C. Escher Beyond Logic 2010 Wall Calendar With no mathematical background, working on his own, Escher realized principles in his graphics that caught the attention of scientists working in crystallography—the audience that first began to make him famous. This calendar features twelve examples of Escher’s hypnotic works, which once surprised and delighted the world of mathematics.
M.C. Escher Desk Calendar 2010
M.C. Escher 2010 Desk Calendar $12.99 It’s hard to say which is more awe-inspiring: Escher’s incredible drawing skill or his fast-and-loose roughhousing with reality. This 2010 desk calendar features 262 weekday pages—each with a classically befuddling Escher graphic reproduced in black-and-white-and 52 weekend pages (Saturday and Sunday share a page), each bearing an excerpt from Escher’s writings and one of four alternating images.
M.C. Escher Mini Wall Calendar 2010
M.C. Escher 2010 Mini Wall Calendar $7.99
Fans of Escher’s perplexing work will find this mini calendar perfect for squeezing into one of the dimensions of their life. Put it right next to the stream that flows uphill, or by the staircase up to the basement (or is that down to the attic?).
