Escher

MC Escher artist study with free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, studies, suggested additional materials, and more.

Life and Work – The Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher (1898-1972) was a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist, but his primary work was as a printmaker.
https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/mc-escher-life-and-work.html

The official website of M.C. Escher with biography, works, exhibitions, news, and more https://mcescher.com/

How M.C. Escher Transfixed the World with His Mind-Bending Works https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-mc-escher-transfixed-mind-bending-works

M.C. Escher Coloring Book by Abrams
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0810926350/?tag=jrobertson04-20

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher

Life & Works of Mc Escher [VHS]

The Fantastic World of M. C. Escher Documentary DVD

Short article on how Escher created mathematically challenging artwork. He used only simple drawing tools and the naked eye, but was able to create stunning mathematical pieces.
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/beyond/articles/Art/Escher.html

Escher Tessellations
Maurits Cornelius Escher (1898 – 1972) is known for his “impossible drawings”, drawings using multiple vanishing points, and his “diminishing tessellations”. … Tessellations are divisions of the plane; more precisely, they are closed shapes that cover the plane.
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMAT6680.2002.Fall/AllenL/MATH%207200/Escher%20Project/Tessellations&Escher/Tessellations&Escher.html

The Mathematical Side of M.C. Escher article from the American Mathematical Society
https://www.ams.org/notices/201006/rtx100600706p.pdf

Escher on Escher: Exploring the Infinite by Maurits Cornelis Escher

A collection of activities for grades K-12 examines the mathematics behind Escher’s prints from Akron Art Museum https://akronartmuseum.org/pdf/escher.pdf

Artful Mathematics: The Heritage of M. C. Escher article brings together three different pieces about inter-sections between mathematics and the artwork of M. C. Escher. https://www.ams.org/notices/200304/fea-escher.pdf

The three rules of making regular Tessellations are: Rule 1: Tessellations must tile infiniti without any gaps or overlapping. Rule 2: The Tiles must be regular polygons and the same polygon. Rule 3: Each Vertex must look the same. *this will not work with polygons with more than 6 sides. http://jrsdarkside.tripod.com/

The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher https://platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/

Escher and the Droste Effect visualizes the mathematical structure behind Escher’s Print Gallery University of Leiden.
http://escherdroste.math.leidenuniv.nl/index.php?menu=intro

Bird Tessellation Art Project to do https://artprojectsforkids.org/m-c-escher-tessellations/

Escher’s Lizard Tessellation with template to make your own https://artprojectsforkids.org/escher-mural-free-page-download/