sky and water van escher (4231)

Weer eens een andere plaat van escher in een druppel gespiegeld. Het is de plaat "Sky and Water": Sky and Water utilizes one of Escher's best-known motifs, that of the metamorphosis. Both birds and fish, as they approach the center of the frame, become more and more simplified, until, when they meet, they are made of only single contour lines separating light and dark. The figures are flat, lacking liveliness and definition. The further from the center, the more defined the fish and birds become. The birds become free and fly away as the fish dissolve into sky; the fish sink into the dark depths and swim, as the birds melt into water