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Double Planetoid by M. C. Escher, 1949

Double Planetoid is a wood engraving print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in 1949.

Description

Double Planetoid is printed in four colors from four wood blocks.Шаблон:R It depicts a planetoid in the shape of a compound of two tetrahedra, interpenetrating each other to form a stellated octahedron.Шаблон:R One of the two tetrahedra is entirely covered by architecture, while the other is a wilderness populated by saurian creatures.Шаблон:R The planetoid is shown within a circular black field, Шаблон:Convert in diameter.Шаблон:R

Themes

Double Planetoid is part of a series of Escher's prints from the 1940s and 1950s that depict small polyhedral planets, also including Gravitation (1952) and Tetrahedral Planetoid (1954),Шаблон:R and possibly in the same universe as his print Stars (1948).Шаблон:R It has thematic connections with other Escher prints from the same period that provide simultaneous views of intermingled worlds, including the more realistic prints Puddle (1952) and Three Worlds (1955),Шаблон:R and is one of many Escher works using the geometry of polyhedra and polyhedral compounds.Шаблон:R

Collections

Copies of the print are included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada,Шаблон:R the US National Gallery of Art,Шаблон:R and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Шаблон:R

See also

• Tetrahedral hypothesis, the discredited scientific theory that the arrangement of the Earth's continents comes from the geometry of a tetrahedron