1/2 The Art of the Impossible: MC Escher and Me - Secret Knowledge

• 1/2 The Art of the Imp...
First broadcast: Sep 2015.
Episode 18/18 World-leading cosmologist Professor Sir Roger Penrose is more than just a fan of MC Escher's mind-bending art. During the course of a long creative collaboration, the British mathematician and the Dutch artist exchanged ideas and inspirations. Some of Escher's most iconic images have their origin in Penrose's mathematical sketches - while the artist's work has served as a starting point for the professor's own explorations of new scientific ideas. To coincide with the first ever Escher retrospective in the UK, Penrose takes us on a personal journey through Escher's greatest masterpieces - marvelling at his intuitive brilliance and the penetrating light it still sheds on complex mathematical concepts.

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  • @elijahclements8646
    @elijahclements86464 жыл бұрын

    The way he say's "what might be possible" rather than "what is possible" really reflects his humility as a scientist, amplifies the idea that we really don't know anything and his language choice shares his humble demeanour despite being one of the great minds in recent history. This openness and awareness that he too knows nothing is probably what led him to his interest in Escher and massively benefited his work in one of the most important Art-Science collaborations ever. Without this humility it's hard to learn from other people, especially an intelligent and established scientist from a relatively unknown artist (at that time)

  • @Kazusuii

    @Kazusuii

    Жыл бұрын

    Chill

  • @Meine.Postma

    @Meine.Postma

    4 ай бұрын

    "What might be impossible"

  • @hydorah
    @hydorah10 ай бұрын

    What an incredible story. Imagine being a person who inspired by Escher went off and made something that inspired Escher

  • @SLB4523
    @SLB452310 ай бұрын

    What is truly bewildering is that his works weren’t drawings but woodcut prints.

  • @armandogavilan1815

    @armandogavilan1815

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah both things, the ideas/visions and the craft fo sure.

  • @xtop23
    @xtop23 Жыл бұрын

    MC Escher is one of my 2 favorite artists of all time. The ability to MAKE you adjust your perception...... MAKE you enter his world..... is unprecedented. Utterly genius.

  • @jeffreyjefferson536

    @jeffreyjefferson536

    Жыл бұрын

    And who's the other? I'm not into art (abstract, cubist or otherwise) much, but Dali immediately comes to mind. And Luis Borges - who in a sense wrote down what Escher drew.

  • @xtop23

    @xtop23

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeffreyjefferson536 You have excellent divination skills lol. Dali is top 5 for me certainly......... his watercolors he did for Dante are inexplicably ...... wonderfully ....wrought. Number 2 is Gustav Klimt ......"The Embrace"...... devastates me every time I look at it. If you ever have a chance to be in the same room...... properly lit....... with that utter mastery and vibrant majesty...... you will be moved. Number 3 although yes, it's an easy choice and smacks of a pedestrian understanding of art because of the ease with which you can attach to him.........., is Van Gogh. Specifically, "Sunflowers"....... although, "Wheat Field with Cypresses" also floors me.

  • @krishnamayimarianni8026

    @krishnamayimarianni8026

    9 ай бұрын

    Who is the other

  • @rbaleksandar
    @rbaleksandar6 жыл бұрын

    Escher was truly a genius. Your brain gets turned upside down every time you look at his abstract works.

  • @kamelaparis7489

    @kamelaparis7489

    Жыл бұрын

    Literally and figuratively

  • @adammurkin7496
    @adammurkin74965 жыл бұрын

    Well this is a delight. I clicked on this thinking I was going to watch an interesting documetary on Escher, instead I get that, plus it is one of the my favourite human beings discussing him. Wonderful.

  • @user-wf8eo9xn6y
    @user-wf8eo9xn6y3 жыл бұрын

    While I was reading "The Aleph and other Stories" by Jorge Luis Borges, it happened I looked at the front cover's painting "Other World” by M. C. Escher. I searched for the painting on the internet and here where I landed. Long live Reading, Curiosity & Knowledge.

  • @bazmalaza85

    @bazmalaza85

    3 жыл бұрын

    there are no so called "coincidences" in the Youniverse

  • @creativestudio101

    @creativestudio101

    Жыл бұрын

    Long live Reading, Curiosity & Knowledge indeed.

  • @_bluephoenix_
    @_bluephoenix_ Жыл бұрын

    What a priviledge and honour to have worked with such an amazing mind. Ive been so encaptured by Eschers work since I was a teen- looking at his work for hours. There is always so much tiny detail you dont notice at first. I cant imagine how a brain that comes up with these visual illusions, works - let alone be skilled enough to transfer that so skillfully! Thank you for such a wonderful video!

  • @GandhiShelly
    @GandhiShelly3 жыл бұрын

    Drawing hands on the back cover of mathematical analysis book is a good introduction to Escher, I just wish there was more of his work in school. To me the beauty is Escher is that he leads the mind to thoughts of integrated subject thinking, a place where most education is found lacking. Maths, arts biology, engineering have been created by humans. Escher's work helps us in understanding that they are all interconnected in ways that we sometimes can't express. Unless of course you are Escher then you can in each drawing.

  • @livinginthisgalaxy7961

    @livinginthisgalaxy7961

    3 жыл бұрын

    Try making something yourself and introduce it in your school...

  • @khalil_art

    @khalil_art

    2 жыл бұрын

    Art is like a combination of science, philosophy and beauty.

  • @steveescher1554

    @steveescher1554

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. I actually seen his work in almost all of my text books, other than history. No one but me knew who he was though.

  • @panographic
    @panographic3 жыл бұрын

    congratulations to Sir Roger Penrose for winning the 2020 Nobel prize in Physics

  • @lmercan4809
    @lmercan48095 жыл бұрын

    You can look at Escher's art and find something new each time!!! I saw these works awhile ago when they were on display in Washington, DC. My other favorite is Vermeer ...said to be an artist who also used maths in his work & again, always see something new each time it's viewed. Excellent video - thank you.😀

  • @EleanorPeterson
    @EleanorPeterson Жыл бұрын

    Delightful! I did find it necessary, though, to keep pausing, reversing, and rewatching the video in order to study each image more fully. It was only as it began to grow dark outside that I realised I'd been watching a 15 minute film for almost 90 minutes. I think everyone involved would appreciate how a 3-dimensional visual experience had been so effective in distorting my perception of the passage of time.😁

  • @Capochin950
    @Capochin9509 ай бұрын

    Excellent film . Very interesting.Very clever work making the “impossible “models.

  • @taran333tula
    @taran333tula8 жыл бұрын

    Playlist : kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGufuZqxlJvWZNY.html

  • @ThePolistiren

    @ThePolistiren

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Art Documentaries Could've swore you were terminated. Welcome back!

  • @taran333tula

    @taran333tula

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Turtoi Radu Luckily not yet (°V°) thanks !

  • @bensnide5846
    @bensnide5846 Жыл бұрын

    I love it I love it I absolutely love it. Conversations and ideas like this, I could just listen to these guys talk and watch them doodle infinitely

  • @KenSmith-bv4si
    @KenSmith-bv4si Жыл бұрын

    His art work blew my mind.

  • @jayski9410
    @jayski9410 Жыл бұрын

    Escher's work always reminded me of a paradox I ran into when first learning computer programming. That being that finite decimals we're all used to in the base 10 number system become infinitely repeating "decimals" in base 2 or the binary system that computers use. Leading to unexpected round-off errors especially when dealing with money. And these days I think back to Escher when trying to grasp higher dimensional spaces required by string theory or depictions of hyperbolic spaces.

  • @verioffkin
    @verioffkin8 жыл бұрын

    Simply beautiful.

  • @sharonjack7239
    @sharonjack72392 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video!! Thank you. USA

  • @kaliensmashingatoms
    @kaliensmashingatoms Жыл бұрын

    I've always had a massive appreciation for MC Escher. But I was glad to find this Little gem of a video that is taken my appreciation to an entirely new level.

  • @steviegaga
    @steviegaga Жыл бұрын

    Extremely interesting and well done. I’ve been into MCE since the 1960’s and he is timeless

  • @veronicaclarke7499
    @veronicaclarke74994 жыл бұрын

    My favourite artist!

  • @ARK842001
    @ARK8420016 жыл бұрын

    Been studying the fourth dimension for years. This is incredibly helpful.

  • @evilseedsgrownaturally1588

    @evilseedsgrownaturally1588

    5 жыл бұрын

    ARK842001 watching youtube videos does not equate to “study”.

  • @chompers11

    @chompers11

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@evilseedsgrownaturally1588 lmao yes it does, clown

  • @librem2013
    @librem20136 жыл бұрын

    If anyone has ever played Legend of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy all the way through, you'll find many contemporary artists influenced the creation of the dark world, but mostly Esher. If I remember correctly, each of the some 7 different portals lead to a realm influenced almost entirely by Esher.

  • @shannonolivas9524
    @shannonolivas9524 Жыл бұрын

    I like these physical models of Escher's work, me I look at the original works and I say for instance on "Ascending" "oh, that's clever, he just ran this line on the right long here and took advantage of spacing and perspective in 2D art" or "oh, here in Relativity he's taking advantage of our architectural usage of 90 degree angles" In Waterfall he's using the same trick as in "Ascending", but these guys make it work in 3D space, really quite clever.

  • @deborahguillory8431
    @deborahguillory843110 ай бұрын

    I recall his work on cover of Southwestern Bell telephone directory. Love his work

  • @alancharbonneau4108
    @alancharbonneau4108 Жыл бұрын

    I never knew until this video that Penrose inspired “Ascending and Descending”, one of my favorites by Escher. 😁

  • @francoantonelli7723
    @francoantonelli7723 Жыл бұрын

    Well set out and informative…👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @narang99
    @narang998 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for creating your channel, it's a great useful resource and education. Your time and effort to put this out is greatly appreciated.

  • @taran333tula

    @taran333tula

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gautam Narang ...Thank YOU for your appreciation !

  • @David-xl9cp
    @David-xl9cp Жыл бұрын

    Mind on a completely different level, I have had one of his art books for around 40 years, just amazing 🤩

  • @josephlloyd9636
    @josephlloyd9636 Жыл бұрын

    I can't wait to see these in person!! 🌻🏆🇺🇸

  • @268gam
    @268gam6 жыл бұрын

    Great documentary

  • @jennief2108
    @jennief21085 жыл бұрын

    Superb work as always, thank you ) Jennie

  • @aryehfinklestein9041
    @aryehfinklestein90416 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! thankyou.

  • @michaelplathphotography8537
    @michaelplathphotography8537 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite artists

  • @kevincampbell1395
    @kevincampbell13953 ай бұрын

    Penrose is such a genius

  • @MichelleAckerStudios
    @MichelleAckerStudios6 жыл бұрын

    keep the great videos coming! awesome

  • @wmgthilgen
    @wmgthilgen Жыл бұрын

    It was my viewing of the various art by Escher, that caused me to learn how to think out side the box.

  • @TheUrantia001

    @TheUrantia001

    Жыл бұрын

    no pun intended..of course 🙂

  • @AdCreative-ik7dg
    @AdCreative-ik7dg6 ай бұрын

    Escher one of my fav ❤

  • @fredricclack7137
    @fredricclack7137 Жыл бұрын

    Relativity 1of Favz!

  • @constructivecapers
    @constructivecapers8 жыл бұрын

    So awesome!

  • @mrshumancar

    @mrshumancar

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYRsmLiCeKvdYps.html

  • @elmedia8692
    @elmedia86926 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful.

  • @1N2themystic
    @1N2themystic Жыл бұрын

    I love watching a documentary that really catches my attention and inspires me to wonder if I have any creativity in my heart, and right about the time they start getting into the best part of the

  • @natalya9821
    @natalya9821 Жыл бұрын

    Hello. This story is with exciting twists. Thank you. Subscribed.

  • @Pakunin61
    @Pakunin61 Жыл бұрын

    No hay duda de que estamos ante la obra de un genio. Todas sus creaciones son maravillosas.

  • @tomwells4899
    @tomwells4899 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing pictures full of mystery. I wonder in awe at the possibilities the imagination conjures up of an ever unfurling dawn of revelation. There's always more round the corner, something else to entice you into a never ending dream.

  • @jimvandemoter6961
    @jimvandemoter69618 ай бұрын

    I never thought of Escher's works in mathematical terms. I'm not a mathematician. The big question was, for me, what kind of mind could even conceive of such ideas? His works still, after decades, fascinate me.

  • @johnobrien8398
    @johnobrien83986 жыл бұрын

    Never seen this before excellent

  • @MGromov1
    @MGromov18 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful documentary. Thank you very much.

  • @patricetan
    @patricetan7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for posting this

  • @elevated8978
    @elevated8978 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @Ultra-Luminary
    @Ultra-Luminary8 ай бұрын

    M. C ESCHER definitely had a very acutely attuned Mind....

  • @TheFlipped1
    @TheFlipped16 жыл бұрын

    O.o I just found your channel, subscribed right away!

  • @muggedinmadrid
    @muggedinmadrid6 жыл бұрын

    riveting documentary

  • @steveescher1554
    @steveescher1554 Жыл бұрын

    All of his descendants ended up with some sort of artistic ability and or geometric abilities. When growing up, I personally drew very similar looking building as he did, without ever seeing his work yet. My family and I seemed to have a natural understanding of perspective and drawing 3-D shapes as well. I def did not inherit his genius though haha Also, the non Escher side of the family could barely draw a stick figure.

  • @User0000000000000004

    @User0000000000000004

    Жыл бұрын

    ok, "steve"

  • @steveescher1554

    @steveescher1554

    Жыл бұрын

    @@User0000000000000004 Why the strange comment? This video had a lot to do with how he had abilities in certain fields, despite never studying in those fields. So I was pointing out that genetic abilities are real and his ancestors actually picked up on some of those.

  • @eugenio1542
    @eugenio1542 Жыл бұрын

    Extraordinaire ! ☝️❤️🌍

  • @kareno8634
    @kareno86346 жыл бұрын

    Since i was 12 ~ He IS my Favorite ~ MC Escher !

  • @willnawke2326

    @willnawke2326

    2 жыл бұрын

    since i was 11 he was mine, beat that

  • @kareno8634

    @kareno8634

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@willnawke2326 8 ) nice to know. I could have been 11, it was 6th grade. lol Cheers!

  • @chrisnewman7281
    @chrisnewman7281 Жыл бұрын

    The idea of force perspective is used a lot in lord of the rings movie where you have large characters and smaller characters and they have to coexist in the same room

  • @ralphaverill2001
    @ralphaverill2001 Жыл бұрын

    It was nice to hear the piano of Chilly Gonzales' "White Keys" in the opening of the video.

  • @aorta538
    @aorta5383 жыл бұрын

    My favorite top 3 dutch artists... -M.C. Escher -V. van Gogh -P. Mondriaan

  • @CEverly

    @CEverly

    Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering who your favs were. Thanks

  • @TheRealMACA
    @TheRealMACA Жыл бұрын

    Subbed! Awesome channel, thx!

  • @Dumptheclutchevo
    @Dumptheclutchevo Жыл бұрын

    imagine being the inspiration for some of the greatest pieces of artwork in the world mind-boggling!

  • @TheUrantia001

    @TheUrantia001

    Жыл бұрын

    he is only a conduit..the art is working through him...

  • @jmalmsten
    @jmalmsten6 жыл бұрын

    Anyone know of a video showing how prints like these are made? I mean, not just drawings, but the process of the printing. Because, if it is that the artist needs to work in negatives so to speak or something like that, I would be very much fascinated with seeing the process from first marks on the canvas to the final print... :)

  • @woodywoodturning
    @woodywoodturning Жыл бұрын

    M .C Escher his work was ment for the people not the well spoke rich of the world. After all he was a honest individual.

  • @CrowsSnakes10
    @CrowsSnakes10 Жыл бұрын

    I find his work so very inspiring. It is a stairwell to nowhere and beyond. Is they fish; is they birds??

  • @sonnenregen2449
    @sonnenregen2449 Жыл бұрын

    Thank u

  • @kanabuki7163
    @kanabuki71638 жыл бұрын

    thank you for all the info, quite helpful with reseach and etc. youre quite a useful channel!

  • @zorbanongreco

    @zorbanongreco

    7 ай бұрын

    quite

  • @johnupper5225
    @johnupper522516 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this doc. It would have been better if the cameraperson had not been stuck on shallow depth of field, which is pretty, but destroys the depth illusions.

  • @justaguy-69
    @justaguy-699 ай бұрын

    i love escher , have many (most) of his prints in reproductions and i'm 80% done building my retirement home in the philippines inspired by him and frank lloyd wright out of concrete. i've never built a house before but spent years doing it in my imagination while driving my 18 wheeler over the road as a truck driver. i kind of overdid it strength wise as far as rebar and concrete composition , but not being a structural engineer i wanted to 'cover my butt' in this regard 😃🤣i plan to laminate and frame all my escher works and hang them throughout my home to enjoy as i grow older.

  • @tash_kite
    @tash_kite2 жыл бұрын

    Wow so cool

  • @sparabildsom
    @sparabildsom8 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING!!!!!!!

  • @gostaknochenhauer3978
    @gostaknochenhauer3978 Жыл бұрын

    I have always loved Escher's works. Unfortunately, I don't own any of his prints, but I do have a book of his fantastic pictures. This is a wonderful exposé, but the loud and quite unnecessary music overlay should be removed. For some reason, the story ended in the middle of a sentnce. Is there a continuation somwehere?

  • @mihai1853
    @mihai18536 жыл бұрын

    4:55 when i hear geometrically impossible.. i was tinking about this shape before he drew it

  • @evilseedsgrownaturally1588

    @evilseedsgrownaturally1588

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mihai ...You, and everyone else.

  • @oliverhardman3513

    @oliverhardman3513

    4 жыл бұрын

    I came up with the idea of bottled water too

  • @tacticaltwinkies3847

    @tacticaltwinkies3847

    3 жыл бұрын

    google drive

  • @hoastbeef1202
    @hoastbeef12026 жыл бұрын

    I also like his song" U Can't Touch This"

  • @nualanongjohnson

    @nualanongjohnson

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's mc hammers

  • @salkinfamilychiropractic3142
    @salkinfamilychiropractic31424 жыл бұрын

    Anybody play "Monument Valley"? love this artists' work and those Penrose stairs!

  • @63artemisia63
    @63artemisia633 жыл бұрын

    The plants you mention that are unlike any you’ve ever seen are actually marine animals - corals, as in coral reefs!

  • @flyinghorseknuckles
    @flyinghorseknuckles Жыл бұрын

    I had no idea that Escher had been inspired by Penrose's works! That is apparent from my very naïve attempt at a documentary on Escher that I had made in college ages ago when I was 25. If you are curious, you can view it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qm2juJWndNnVmdI.html

  • @payntpot7623
    @payntpot7623 Жыл бұрын

    12:30 It does not start off as a still life and suddenly become a street as stated. Clearly it is a group of items on a table by a window pane and looks out and down onto a street scene. It is easy to see what attracted him to the juxtaposition of foreground and background. I have often marveled at similar scenes in my own abodes throughout the years. Items I have on a window sill and look out onto a street scene. If the window frame is not is view, and the glass is clean, there is no beginning or end to the scene. They all have an amazing way of looking at the world.

  • @louisjohnson7441
    @louisjohnson74416 жыл бұрын

    Genius

  • @merlen424
    @merlen4246 жыл бұрын

    Ghilly Gonzalles - White Keys 0:00

  • @pnutdraws
    @pnutdraws5 жыл бұрын

    05:23 they probably shot that with a lower f stop so the the depth of field is so low that the wood thing behind is more blurry than the one in the front which kinda breaks the illusion , still very cool

  • @brian5154
    @brian515410 ай бұрын

    ...we pass his house in Arnhem very often....

  • @photobobo
    @photobobo Жыл бұрын

    Why does this video end abruptly?

  • @redd_frogg9806
    @redd_frogg98064 жыл бұрын

    I got a test on this so i decided to rewatch the video on my phone :> it was pretty interesting

  • @secretsofix

    @secretsofix

    4 жыл бұрын

    I got Homework on this and my teacher give us this link. Idk what Im watching TwT

  • @nixl3518
    @nixl3518 Жыл бұрын

    Why is this clip, clipped short of it’s true length?

  • @scatdog1
    @scatdog110 ай бұрын

    This would have been great if you would have given people more than three seconds to visualize his work.

  • @truefiasco2637
    @truefiasco26374 жыл бұрын

    anyone else like the http tessellation in the description? not sure if intentional or not but it's better then having a link to part 2.

  • @M.C.Escher2018
    @M.C.Escher20185 жыл бұрын

    Do Black Holes recyle space time and debis? Could it be possible that black holes indirectly explain an expanding universe? Was there ever a "Big bang"?

  • @evilseedsgrownaturally1588

    @evilseedsgrownaturally1588

    5 жыл бұрын

    M.C. Escher That’s really deep, bro.

  • @jolieusher
    @jolieusher3 жыл бұрын

    THE LABYRINTH MOVIE

  • @rooseveltdogboe5374
    @rooseveltdogboe53742 жыл бұрын

    HGS

  • @petersiegfriedkrug
    @petersiegfriedkrug7 ай бұрын

    Escher was a genius

  • @vilkomen
    @vilkomen Жыл бұрын

    Wish the would stop up a bit so the whole impossible shape would be in focus. Gives away the illusion if some of it is out of focus.

  • @geoffreywilliams9324
    @geoffreywilliams9324 Жыл бұрын

    Truly an illusionist of the 2 dimensional world . .

  • @imcgi
    @imcgi Жыл бұрын

    no fucking way i have to watch ts for class and write a paragraph about this along with another video about this man 💀 no fuckin way

  • @JornSilverblade
    @JornSilverblade Жыл бұрын

    10:44 These plants are actually oversized lichens 🙂

  • @paulferguson1240
    @paulferguson12405 жыл бұрын

    Three Guitars - Escher Style. Photographic Print: www.redbubble.com/people/jamthetreble/works/39729584-three-guitars-escher-style?p=photographic-print&ref=similar_products

  • @MagmaVFX
    @MagmaVFXАй бұрын

    What is the music here?

  • @nicovanderwolk
    @nicovanderwolk Жыл бұрын

    Relativity actual can be built. I did it. It's about 20 x 20 x 20 cm.

  • @jamieyoho2310
    @jamieyoho23105 жыл бұрын

    How many stairs are they gonna make that poor dude walk up?

  • @temporoboto
    @temporoboto9 ай бұрын

    💙