We come to Escher’s last print. It is a mandala. Bruno Ernst in his book The Magic Mirror of M. C. Escher observes, “In 1969, when Escher was already aware that he would once again have to undergo a serious operation, he used every possible moment in which he felt […]
Let’s summarize the Christian content found in Escher’s mandalas. In the print Verbum we have Christ’s role as the agent of Creation. In Circle Limit 2 we have Christ’s role on the cross as the savior of mankind. In Circle Limit 4, we have Christ’s role as the final judge […]
Circle Limit 3, executed in 1959, depicts an infinite number of fish again. It is a very refined and re-worked version of Circle Limit 1. In Circle Limit 3, the fish look more like […]
Suddenly, in the last twelve years of Escher’s work we find a series of five mandalas. Escher is working independently. He is not being paid by anyone or any organization to create Verbum or the five mandalas that follow. Circle Limit 1, executed in 1958, depicts an infinite number of […]
Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle or disk. Traditional mandalas have been used in Hinduism and Buddhism for hundreds of years. These mandalas are typically drawn by trained Monks and used as an aid to individual meditation. Non-traditional mandalas were made popular in the West by Psychiatrist Carl Jung […]
Recall from Part 2 that Escher reveals himself though his art. From 1920 to 1927 we find at least 11 Escher prints with Biblical themes. Nine prints depict themes from the book of Genesis. A tenth print is entitled the Scapegoat. Escher made the Scapegoat print for a booklet written […]
In a letter to his son Arthur, Escher wrote: “I want to tell you about a ‘brother’ with whom I have made acquaintance.” The ‘brother’ is Bruno Ernst, the man who wrote the book: The Magic Mirror of M. C. Escher. Apparently they belonged to the same religious order. Escher […]
We have looked at four of Dr. John Medina’s Brain Rules. Vision. Vision is our dominant sense. “We learn and remember best through the use of pictures, not through written or spoken words.” Attention. As I heard Spielberg state: “You’ve got to hook them in the first ten minutes.” In […]
