Italian Town (1932) by M.C. Escher

Italian Town - M.C. Escher - 1932

Artwork Information

TitleItalian Town
ArtistM.C. Escher
Date1932
Art MovementSurrealism

About Italian Town

The artwork titled “Italian Town”, created by M.C. Escher in 1932, belongs to the Surrealism art movement and falls within the landscape genre.

In this meticulously detailed composition, Escher captures a quintessential Italian hillside town. Perched atop a rugged landscape, the town is a labyrinth of intricately interwoven buildings, nestled together on the undulating terrain. The scene presents a complex play of light and shadow, enhancing the town’s textures and amplifying the depth of the surrounding mountainous vistas. A winding path leads through the town, drawing the viewer’s eye inward, inviting contemplation of the town’s structured complexity against the vast, dramatic backdrop of rolling hills and distant peaks, beneath an expansive sky holding thick, foreboding clouds.

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