MC Escher - Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

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MC Escher is known for his tessellations, transformations and impossible realities. In many ways he defies categorization. His work is surreal with unexpected connections, but also very geometric and academic. Unfortunately, Escher was not super popular in the fine art world. A lot of the high-brow art establishment didn’t really like his work. He didn’t have the dramatic flair that a lot of well-known artists did. He was quiet and methodical in his work. He was in an odd space where he wasn’t doing the epic sort of lyrical and expressive work that was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but then he didn’t really fit with the conceptual avante garde that came a bit later. He found an audience largely with fans of psychedelics and math. He is probably the only person to have received fan mail from both the mathematician, Roger Penrose, and the musician, Mick Jagger. Check out these episodes to learn more: MC Escher | Circle Limit III MC Escher | Portrait of GA Escher Art Smart: Surrealism Salvador Dali | The Persistence of Memory Arts Madness Tournament links: Check out the Brackets Tell me which artist you think will win this year's tournament Give a shoutout to your favorite teacher (I'll send a $50 Amazon gift card to the teacher who gets the most shoutouts on this form by Feb 27) Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Make a Donation As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode was published on January 6, 2023.

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MC Escher is known for his tessellations, transformations and impossible realities. In many ways he defies categorization. His work is surreal with unexpected connections, but also very geometric and academic. Unfortunately, Escher was not super...

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