A World Within Worlds: The Enigmatic Art of M.C. Escher Maurits Cornelis Escher, born in 1898 in the quiet Dutch city of Leeuwarden, was not initially destined for artistic renown. His early life unfolded amidst a practical upbringing – his father, a civil engineer, instilled a sense of precision and observation that would later profoundly shape young Maurits’s vision. Though he struggled academically, particularly with traditional sc…