I'll be the first to admit that I am not capable of truly comprehending what some amazing artists have done over the years which have inspired those around them. I can think outside the box but you just have it or you don't...and on certain levels I do not fully get it. A big part of it is that it's much easier for me to appreciate certain types of artwork then others.
On that note, I've already explained my love of El Greco's View of Toledo but it's M.C. Escher's work as a whole that really blows me away. Click on this link and then on the left hand navigation line called picture gallery to take a look for yourself. The fact that he was not mathematically trained is mindboggling.
What Escher did, what pieces of art like Reptiles (1943), Balcony (1945), Drawing Hands (1948), Relativity (1953), Smaller and Smaller (1956), Ascending and Descending (1960) and Waterfall (1961) do to stimulate me intellectually I don't quite know how to explain.
The way he was able to use symmetry in some of his other works is also unbelievable.
On that note, here is officially my second edition of top fives:
Favorite Artists/Painters
1. M.C. Escher
2. Salvador Dali
3. Claude Monet
4. El Greco
5. Vincent Van Gogh
On that note, I've already explained my love of El Greco's View of Toledo but it's M.C. Escher's work as a whole that really blows me away. Click on this link and then on the left hand navigation line called picture gallery to take a look for yourself. The fact that he was not mathematically trained is mindboggling.
What Escher did, what pieces of art like Reptiles (1943), Balcony (1945), Drawing Hands (1948), Relativity (1953), Smaller and Smaller (1956), Ascending and Descending (1960) and Waterfall (1961) do to stimulate me intellectually I don't quite know how to explain.
The way he was able to use symmetry in some of his other works is also unbelievable.
On that note, here is officially my second edition of top fives:
Favorite Artists/Painters
1. M.C. Escher
2. Salvador Dali
3. Claude Monet
4. El Greco
5. Vincent Van Gogh
Wow. You really are just a sensitive artist with a mathematical mind.
ReplyDeleteI've always been an Escher man myself. The angels/demons things was alway sone of my favorites, but my #1 had to be the self portrait using the reflecting ball. Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteI agree, the self portrait is really neat too.
ReplyDeleteI talked a lot about MC Escher (and his works) in my Geometry classes back in the olden days of my teachin'. Hee.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite MC Escher work is Relativity. I call it "Crazy Stairs."
ReplyDelete(Family Guy reference. 30 points if you caught it.) :)
huh.it seems our taste in art is quite similar - though dali would sit atop my list.the temptation of st anthony has always freaked me out, but i'm totally drawn to it.
ReplyDeleteI've never really been an art guy (my mind is too logical), and I'm impressed that you were able to lay out a Top 5 for it. It's much easier to buy a print of Starry Night and call it a day. Just ask everyone!If I had to chose a favorite artist, it would have to be either Norman Rockwell or the guy who does the Magic Eye pictures.
ReplyDeleteWhen I watch I don't remember those things. You know that. I'm not as cool as you are.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great piece of art, I agree.
ReplyDeleteHow could I have overlooked the Magical Eye guy?
ReplyDeleteAs for artists, don't be too impressed. My list was well thought out but if you asked for a top ten from me Natalie and/or Macie might slip onto the list.