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Q: What are M.C. Escher's most famous paintings?
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What year did MC Escher die?

MC Escher died on March 27, 1972 at the age of 73Escher lived 1898-27 March 197227th March 1972Escher died in 1971


Was scream painted by mc escher?

No, scream was not painted by MC Escher. It was painted by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Munch worked on various versions of the painting over about a 20 year period, so several versions exist.


Who or what influenced MC Escher artworks?

M.C. Escher took a trip to Spain and was greatly influenced by the Alhambra Mosque there, with its many tesselations


How did MC Escher become famous?

By making thought-provoking art.Escher created pictures where you don't know where you are as a spectator. He used in a way the same ideas as cubism, mixing the perspectives, the directions from which you look. In another way Escher is continuing the ideas of Piranesi who circa 18oo - Italy, Rome -made also architectural constructions of inns or big inside buildings in which the stairs had different directions and floors, so you could go in different perspectives. It is playing around with space!Escher was very much educated in mathematics and used this background for his art. He had a lot of connections with mathematicians in his time.


How many pieces of artwork did MC Escher create?

-1. Trees, ink (1920) -1. St. Bavo's, Haarlem, ink (1920) -1. Flor de Pascua (The Easter Flower), woodcut/book illustrations (1921) -1. Eight Heads, woodcut (1922) -1. Dolphins also known as Dolphins in Phosphorescent Sea, woodcut (1923) -1. Tower of Babel, woodcut (1928) -1. Street in Scanno, Abruzzi, lithograph (1930) -1. Castrovalva, lithograph (1930) -1. The Bridge, lithograph (1930) -1. Palizzi, Calabria, woodcut (1930) -1. Pentedattilo, Calabria, lithograph (1930) -1. Atrani, Coast of Amalfi, lithograph (1931) -1. Ravello and the Coast of Amalfi, lithograph (1931) -1. Covered Alley in Atrani, Coast of Amalfi, wood engraving (1931) -1. Phosphorescent Sea, lithograph (1933) -1. Still Life with Spherical Mirror, lithograph (1934) -1. Hand with Reflecting Sphere also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror, lithograph (1935) -1. Inside St. Peter's, wood engraving (1935) -1. Portrait of G.A. Escher, lithograph (1935) -1. "Hell", lithograph, (copied from a painting by Hieronymus Bosch) (1935) -1. Regular Division of the Plane, series of drawings that continued until the 1960's (1936) -1. Still Life and Street (His first impossible reality), woodcut (1937) -1. Metamorphosis I, woodcut (1937) -1. Day and Night, woodcut (1938) -1. Cycle, lithograph (1938) -1. Sky and Water I, woodcut (1938) -1. Sky and Water II, lithograph (1938) -1. Metamorphosis II, woodcut (1939-1940) -1. Verbum (Earth, Sky and Water), lithograph (1942) -1. Reptiles, lithograph (1943) -1. Ant, lithograph (1943) -1. Encounter, lithograph (1944) -1. Doric Columns, wood engraving (1945) -1. Three Spheres I, wood engraving (1945) -1. Magic Mirror, lithograph (1946) -1. Three Spheres II, lithograph (1946) -1. Another World Mezzotint also known as Other World Gallery, mezzotint (1946) -1. Eye, mezzotint (1946) -1. Another World also known as Other World, wood engraving and woodcut (1947) -1. Crystal, mezzotint (1947) -1. Up and Down also known as High and Low, lithograph (1947) -1. Drawing Hands, lithograph (1948) -1. Dewdrop, mezzotint (1948) -1. Stars, wood engraving (1948) -1. Double Planetoid, wood engraving (1949) -1. Order and Chaos (Contrast), lithograph (1950) -1. Rippled Surface, woodcut and linoleum cut (1950) -1. Curl-up, lithograph (1951) -1. House of Stairs, lithograph (1951) -1. House of Stairs II, lithograph (1951) -1. Puddle, woodcut (1952) -1. Gravitation, (1952) -1. Dragon, woodcut lithograph and watercolor (1952) -1. Cubic Space Division, lithograph (1952) -1. Relativity, lithograph (1953) -1. Tetrahedral Planetoid, woodcut (1954) -1. Compass Rose (Order and Chaos II), lithograph (1955) -1. Convex and Concave, lithograph (1955) -1. Three Worlds, lithograph (1955) -1. Print Gallery, lithograph (1956) -1. Mosaic II, lithograph (1957) -1. Cube with Magic Ribbons, lithograph (1957) -1. Belvedere, lithograph (1958) -1. Sphere Spirals, woodcut (1958) -1. Ascending and Descending, lithograph (1960) -1. Waterfall, lithograph (1961) -1. Möbius Strip II (Red Ants) woodcut (1963) -1. Knot, pencil and crayon (1966) -1. Metamorphosis III, woodcut (1967-1968) 1. Snakes, woodcut I'm not sure how many there are, but here they are! Another answer:M.C. Escher, during his lifetime, made 448 lithographs, woodcuts and wood engravings and over 2000 drawings and sketches.About 20 or something

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What famous artist used tessellations in paintings?

That would be MC Escher from Holland. He specialized in prints using lithography and woodblocks.


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Frank Mc court


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For finding E=mc squared


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E=mc^2


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E=mc² The Special and General Theories of Relativity


What is Albert Einstein best remembered for?

Most people remember him for his famous equation, E=mc^2.


What was Albert Eintsien famous for?

For his famous equation of: E = MC squared


What was MC famous for?

A MC is the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance.