Circle Limit I

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Circle Limit I is a 1958 woodcut print by M. C. Escher that depicts an infinite tessellation of fish within a hyperbolic, circular geometry.

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Circle Limit II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
woodcut print
artist M. C. Escher NERFINISHED
artMovement Modern art
Op art NERFINISHED
boundaryRepresents infinity
category 1958 prints
Mathematics in art
Prints by M. C. Escher
colorScheme black and white
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
creator M. C. Escher NERFINISHED
depicts circular geometry
fish
hyperbolic geometry
infinite tiling
tessellation
genre mathematical art
hasPerspective hyperbolic perspective
hasTheme infinity
mathematical structure
non‑Euclidean geometry
symmetry
influencedBy Poincaré disk model NERFINISHED
non‑Euclidean geometry
isFollowedBy Circle Limit II NERFINISHED
isPrecededBy earlier tessellation prints by M. C. Escher
languageOfTitle English
medium ink on paper
motif fish
notableFor infinite regression of motifs
precise geometric construction
visualization of hyperbolic space
partOf Circle Limit series NERFINISHED
printmakingTechnique relief printing
relatedWork Circle Limit II NERFINISHED
Circle Limit III NERFINISHED
Circle Limit IV NERFINISHED
series Circle Limit series NERFINISHED
shapeOfBoundary circle
symmetryType reflection symmetry
rotational symmetry
tessellationType hyperbolic tessellation
title Circle Limit I NERFINISHED
usesTechnique woodcut
visualEffect objects shrinking toward boundary
yearOfCreation 1958

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M. C. Escher notableWork Circle Limit I
M. C. Escher notableWork Circle Limit I
this entity surface form: Circle Limit II