Escher as Architect: Lecture Series
Thursday 12 November: Escher as ‘Architect’ and the Origins of Perspective - Book here
Thursday 26 November: Illusion vs. Deception - Book here
Join lecturer Richard Stemp for two lectures exploring the connections between the art and architecture of Italy and of this modern Dutch master, and consider to what extent the illusion and deception which Renaissance perspective allows were influential on his work.
Escher first travelled to Italy at the age of 24 in 1922. It was there he was to meet his wife, with whom he would live in Rome for over ten years. Having travelled through Florence and Siena he would have been familiar with the works of the early Renaissance, the time at which perspective was developed and perfected, and the art of illusion came to the fore, and in Rome he would get to know the work of some of the greatest artists and architects.
