Discuss the differences in terms of media, point of view and metaphor. The domain of the artist builds upon, but lies beyond, craft. Escher's art provides insights into a pluralistic concept of the world. Escher's concept of plurality does not mean chaos but order- an interaction between structures and recognizable motifs. Art deals with illusions of reality.
Science provides endless motivation for visual imagery.
Design utilizes mathematical and geometric properties. The artist's concept of the physical world provides insights that can be both scientific and aesthetic. He attended secondary school in the city of Haarlem. He liked to draw, and the drawing teacher at his school encouraged and instructed him in making prints, most of them linoleum cuts. After secondary school, Escher studied architecture at the School for Architectural and Decorative Arts in Haarlem.