Drawing hands
| Drawing hands |
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| MC Escher , 1948 |
| lithography |
| 28.2 × 33.2 cm |
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Drawing Hands is a lithograph by the Dutch artist MC Escher , which was first printed in January 1948. It shows a sheet of paper from which, while the wrists remain flat on the paper, two hands are formed. These opposite hands draw each other in a paradoxical process.
In Godel, Escher, Bach of writer Douglas Hofstadter respect where it is used as a reference is made to this, Strange Loop is considered. In addition, the work in Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman is viewed as an allegory for the eval and apply functions of an interpreter for programming languages, which are known in computer science and which pass values to one another.
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- Locher, JL (2000). The Magic of MC Escher . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0 .