What is a tessellation?
The word 'tessera' in latin means a small stone cube. Tessellations are pictures or tiles that are formed to make animals or other life files. These designs cover the entire surface using a symmetrical method.
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Write a couple of paragraphs describing the life and work of M.C. Escher. Pick out important facts that describe who he is, how he worked, and why he is famous.
He loved making tessellations and filling the entire page without overlapping the images. Escher was born in Leeuwarden in Holland on June 17th, 1898. He had four brothers and he was the youngest out of them. He spent his highschool years in Arnhem, which is where he was noticed by his art teacher. He then sent some of his work to Roland Holtz, a famous artist, who was impressed and told him to try wood. Escher soon became an architect.
Once at an architect school, his teacher advised him to change courses once she saw his linocuts. His first tessellation drawing was the 8 heads, which was a very interesting piece because you had to turn your head to see all the heads. In 1937, Escher got very helpful advise from his brother, who showed him helpful hints he had read about. By his death, he had created over 137 amazing tesselation designs