By Marco Bussagli
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), frequently known as M. C. Escher, was once a Dutch photograph artist. he's identified for his usually mathematically encouraged woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. those function most unlikely buildings, explorations of infinity, structure, and tessellations.
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