Young love on Valentine's day :)
In this photo Maurits Cornelis Escher and Jetta Umiker have been married for just over two months. They look into the camera and into the future with anticipation. With confidence, or still with some uncertainty?
More Escher today
Temple at Segesta
Escher visited Sicily for the first time in the spring of 1932, together with his friend and painter Giuseppe Haas-Triverio. From Palermo they travelled to the coast, circled Mount Etna, to Randazzo and visited the lava formations at Bronte. In just over a month, Escher made 23 drawings and took numerous photos.
The submerged cathedral
In the legend of Ys, a mythical Breton city which lies below sea level is submerged by water when the daughter of the king, blinded by love, opens the gates for her lover. According to the legend the outlines of the cathedral occasionally rise from the mist while the tower bells seem to toll.