Puzzling patterns

Escher’s work arrives at Portland museum Escher’s work arrives at Portland museum

By Jenny Harada / The Bulletin
June 5, 2009

The old adage says “What goes up, must come down.” However, the law of gravity didn’t apply to printmaker M.C. (Maurits Cornelis) Escher’s works.

For Escher, objects went up, down and sideways. Night became day, birds became fish and objects leapt from the....

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