Relativity (m. c. escher)
Mc escher drawing hands location!
Description of the artwork «Drawing hands»
When it comes to the art of Maurits Escher, the first association in a person who is acquainted with contemporary art is a painting that is called Drawing Hands.
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This lithograph became the hallmark of the artist, who created many amazing images in the style of imp-art (“impossible art” — the imaging of spatial objects and figures that violate the laws of geometry). We invite you to familiarize yourself with the description of the Drawing Hands painting was which was created in 1948 by Maurits Escher.
On a small sheet of paper, which serves as a kind of canvas, that is primed with grey “noise”, the viewer sees an unusual image.
A white sheet is attached to the “canvas” with buttons, its edges are slightly curved, they cast a shadow, which makes this sheet very realistic. From the right and left edges of the sheet, the outlines of the shirt cuffs appear, which are fastened with a rectangular cufflink.
The cuffs are drawn with a few ligh