File:Print Gallery by M. C. Escher.jpg

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Description Lithograph Print Gallery by M. C. Escher, 1956. The work embodies a semiotic joke based on an intentional confusion of levels of reality, creating an apparent paradox discussed by Douglas Hofstadter in his book Gödel, Escher, Bach.
Author or
copyright owner
M. C. Escher
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: University of Leiden

Immediate source: http://www.mcescher.com/gallery/lithograph/print-gallery/

Date of publication 1956
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Mathematics and art
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The artwork shows how Escher constructed a seeming paradox by depicting an art gallery in which can be seen a town which recursively contains the art gallery.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
This is the artwork discussed in the text and in the book whose analysis of the artwork is discussed and cited in the text.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image is used here at low resolution, and only in this article. It is the only paradoxical image by Escher in the article.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The image is already available in many places on the Web at much better resolution, including at the official website named as the source.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Mathematics and art//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Print_Gallery_by_M._C._Escher.jpgtrue
Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Lithograph Print Gallery by M. C. Escher, 1956.
Author or
copyright owner
M. C. Escher
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: University of Leiden

Immediate source: http://www.mcescher.com/gallery/lithograph/print-gallery/

Date of publication 1956
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Print Gallery (M. C. Escher)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The artwork is the subject of the article in question and appears at the head of the article for identification purposes.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
No, as the subject of the text, no other artwork would do.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image is used here at low resolution.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The image is already available in many places on the Web at much better resolution, including at the official website named as the source.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Print Gallery (M. C. Escher)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Print_Gallery_by_M._C._Escher.jpgtrue

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