linkedin post 2016-12-18 07:37:14

SO ENDS this journey into the work of MC Escher. He was deeply inspired by the remarkable Moorish art from the ancient Great Mosque of Córdoba in Andalucía Spain: “In the Great Mosque of Córdoba strong geometric principles based on the harmonic subdivisions of a squared circle in which the alternate sides relate in 1:2 and the consecutive relate in 1:√2 proportions appear to underline its architectural planning.” Penrose and others expanded on this with the mathematics of tiling. But only MCE went through that mathematical door into the scented garden beyond.

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