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 dobedobedo rated 4 months ago -
Hand with Reflecting Sphere
also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror is a lithograph print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher,
first printed in January 1935.
The piece depicts a hand holding a reflective sphere.
In the reflection,
the hand holding the sphere is revealed to be Es...
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- johnprice rated 4 months ago
- Imagine what it would be like to be in the center of a spherical object, where the whole of the inside surface of the sphere is a mirror. This visual does that to me inside-out.
- dobedobedo rated 4 months ago
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Hand with Reflecting Sphere
also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror is a lithograph print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher,
first printed in January 1935.
The piece depicts a hand holding a reflective sphere.
In the reflection,
the hand holding the sphere is revealed to be Escher's.
It can be seen that
the hand holding the sphere is a left hand,
but the reflection reveals that it is his right hand.
Self portraits in reflective,
spherical surfaces are common in Escher's work,
and this image is the most prominent and famous example.
In much of his self portraiture of this type,
Escher is in the act of drawing the sphere,
whereas in this image he is seated and gazing into the sphere.
On the walls there are several framed pictures,
one of which appears to be of an Indonesian shadow puppet.
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