The Bridge (M. C. Escher)

1930 lithograph print by M. C. Escher

The Bridge

Artist| M. C. Escher
Year| 1930
Type| Lithograph
Dimensions| 53.6 cm × 37.7 cm (21.1 in × 14.8 in)

The Bridge is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in March 1930.

It depicts a bridge connecting two sheer cliffs. On the top of the left hand cliff is a city. The chasm between the two cliffs is narrow but plummets out of view. In the distance is another outcrop with a city built on top. Both the rock and the architecture on this third outcrop are darker in colouration than in the foreground. The buildings appear to be modelled partly after southern Italian architecture. The rock is in blocky formations that appeared often during Escher's Italian period and it is possible that the village seen is Assisi.

## See also

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* Italian architecture
* Printmaking
* Southern Italy

## Sources

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* Locher, J.L. (2000). The Magic of M. C. Escher. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.

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M. C. Escher

Works|

* Dolphins (1923)
* Tower of Babel (1928)
* Strada di Scanno (1929)
* Castrovalva (1930)
* The Bridge (1930)
* Atrani, Coast of Amalfi (1931)
* Still Life with Mirror (1934)
* Still Life with Spherical Mirror (1934)
* Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)
* Regular Division of the Plane (1936)
* Still Life and Street (1937)
* Metamorphosis I (1937)
* Day and Night (1938)
* Sky and Water I (1938)
* Sky and Water II (1938)
* Metamorphosis II (1939-1940)
* Reptiles (1943)
* Magic Mirror (1946)
* Three Spheres II (1946)
* Another World (1947)
* Drawing Hands (1948)
* Stars (1948)
* Double Planetoid (1949)
* Curl-up (1951)
* House of Stairs (1951)
* Puddle (1952)
* Dragon (1952)
* Gravitation (1952)
* Relativity (1953)
* Convex and Concave (1955)
* Three Worlds (1955)
* Print Gallery (1956)
* Cube with Magic Ribbons (1957)
* Belvedere (1958)
* Circle Limit III (1959)
* Ascending and Descending (1960)
* Waterfall (1961)
* Metamorphosis III (1967-1968)
* Snakes (1969)

Museums|

* Escher in the Palace

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* Escher in popular culture
* George Arnold Escher (father)
* Berend George Escher (brother)
* Mathematics and art
* Video games inspired by Escher
* Adventures in Perception (1971 documentary)
* Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979 book)
* M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990 book)
* Symmetry aspects of M. C. Escher's periodic drawings (1965 book)

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