Double Planetoid
''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. It depicts a Minor planet, planetoid in the shape of a compound of two tetrahedra, interpenetrating each other to form a stellated octahedron. One of the two tetrahedra is entirely covered by architecture, while the other is a wilderness populated by saurian creatures. The planetoid is shown within a circular black field, in diameter. 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 (M. C. Escher), Gravitation'' (1952) and ''Tetrahedral Planetoid'' (1954), and possibly in the same universe as his print ''Stars (M. C. Escher), Stars'' (1948). It has thematic connections with other Escher prints from the same period that provide simultaneous views of intermingled worlds, including the more ...
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Escher Double Planetoid 1949
Escher may refer to: People * Escher (surname) * Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist Places * 4444 Escher, an asteroid named after Maurits Cornelis Escher * Escher Wyss (Zürich), a borough of Zurich * Escher Museum, containing the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher Other uses * Escher (programming language), a declarative programming language * Escher Wyss & Cie., a former engineering company in Switzerland See also

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