'Drawing Hands' Escher created his remarkable lithograph ‘Drawing Hands’ in 1948, after returning to Holland. The picture is a truly unique display of a three-dimensional geometric art work of incredible precision and skill.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Escher's graphic style is working primarily in black and white and the various shadings in between.
'Eye'
Escher created 'Eye' in 1946. The medium is mezzotint and drypoint. 'Eye' uses the technique of globular
reflection; Drawing a sketch from looking at it in a reflection. In this case, his own eye was drawn from its reflection in a concave shaving glass.
Escher felt it was “necessary and logical to convey somebody, an observer reflected in the convex mirror of the eye” and so he decided to draw a skull because “we are all confronted with death whether we like it or not”.
At this point in his life, Escher was starting to age. Looking into his shaving glass one day, he might have felt like death was staring him in the face. He took this sign of aging literally, and decided to portray the symbol of death (the skull) in his pupil, in this artwork.
1. The skull creates the phenomena of death and the thoughts that were in Escher's mind as he looked at his reflection in the shaving glass.
2. The wrinkles and creases above and below the eye convey the aging of Escher, hence the idea of confronting the concept of death in this artwork.
3. The reflection of light on glass is seen in the top left area of his eye, which confirms that he used a reflection to create this artwork.
Escher felt it was “necessary and logical to convey somebody, an observer reflected in the convex mirror of the eye” and so he decided to draw a skull because “we are all confronted with death whether we like it or not”.
At this point in his life, Escher was starting to age. Looking into his shaving glass one day, he might have felt like death was staring him in the face. He took this sign of aging literally, and decided to portray the symbol of death (the skull) in his pupil, in this artwork.
1. The skull creates the phenomena of death and the thoughts that were in Escher's mind as he looked at his reflection in the shaving glass.
2. The wrinkles and creases above and below the eye convey the aging of Escher, hence the idea of confronting the concept of death in this artwork.
3. The reflection of light on glass is seen in the top left area of his eye, which confirms that he used a reflection to create this artwork.
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