The Bridge (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.

Sources

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

M. C. Escher

Works

1920s	Dolphins Tower of Babel

1930s	Castrovalva The Bridge Atrani, Coast of Amalfi Still Life with Mirror Still Life with Spherical Mirror Hand with Reflecting Sphere Regular Division of the Plane Still Life and Street Metamorphosis I Sky and Water I Sky and Water II Metamorphosis II

1940s	Reptiles Magic Mirror Three Spheres II Another World Drawing Hands Stars

1950s	Curl-up House of Stairs Puddle Gravitation Relativity Convex and Concave Three Worlds Print Gallery Cube with Magic Ribbons Belvedere Circle Limit III

1960s	Ascending and Descending Waterfall Metamorphosis III Snakes

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