Achieving the Unachievable
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52mins
Directed by
Jean Bergeron,
Starring
Joost Batenburg,
Hendrik Lenstra,
M. C. Escher,
M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print Gallery and his uncompleted master-piece quickly became the most puzzling enigma of modern art. Fifty years later, can mathematician Hendrik Lenstra complete it? Should he?