The artwork named “Views of the Citadel Calvi (Corsica)”, created by the artist M.C. Escher in 1933, belongs to the Surrealism art movement and falls under the genre of cityscape.
The artwork presents an intricately detailed depiction of the Citadel Calvi in Corsica. It showcases Escher’s mastery in creating complex perspectives and his distinctive style of precise, graphic representation. The scene captures towering fortifications, an array of buildings, and winding streets in the foreground, all meticulously rendered with exceptional attention to architectural details and spatial depth. The use of contrasting light and shadows accentuates the volumetric forms and gives the overall composition a dramatic, almost dream-like quality, characteristic of the Surrealist movement.
