Regular divisions of the plane, called tessellations,are arrangements of closed shapes that completely cover the plane without overlapping and without leaving gaps. Typically, the shapes making up a tessellatio… See more

The regular solids, known as polyhedra, held a special fascination for Escher. He made them the subject of many of his … See more

Among the most important of Escher’s works from a mathematical point of view are those dealing with the nature of space itself. His woodcut Three Intersecting Planesis a good place to begin a review of these work… See more

By the “logic” of space we mean those spatial relations among physical objects which are necessary, and which when violated result in visual paradoxes, sometimes called optical illusions. All artists are concer… See more