《静物与街景》

爱艺

Still Life and Street （woodcut， 48.7 cm × 49 cm， 1937） is an unusually woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in March， 1937. It was his first print of an impossible reality. In this artwork there are two quite distinctly recognizable realities bound together in a natural， and yet at the same time a completely impossible， way. Looked at from the window， the houses make book-rests between which tiny dolls are set up. Looked at from the street， the books stand yards high and a gigantic tobacco jar stands at the crossroads.

A small street in Savona， Italy， was the inspiration for this work. Escher said it was one of his favorite drawings but thought he could have drawn it better.

This image is a classic example of Escher’s plays on perspective. In it， the horizontal plane of the table continues into the distance to become the street， and the rows of books on the table are seen to lean against the tall buildings that line the street.

《靜物与街景》（木刻，48.7厘米×49厘米，1937）是荷兰画家M.C.埃舍尔创作的一幅很特别的木刻版画，1937年3月首印。这是他第一幅描述不可能存在的现实的版画作品。画中明显可见两个截然不同的现实世界，二者被自然而然地结合在一起，但这种结合又是现实中完全不可能发生的。从窗户往外看，那些房子就像书架，书架与书架之间摆着许多小玩偶;从街上看去，那些书高高耸立，还有一个巨型烟草罐立在十字路口。

此画灵感来自意大利萨沃纳的一条小街。埃舍尔曾表示这是他最喜欢的画之一，但他认为自己本可以画得更好。

这幅经典之作是埃舍尔利用透视创作的范例。画中，水平桌面向远处延伸成为了街道，而桌上的一排排图书看上去倚靠着街道两旁的高楼。