Day and Night《晝與夜》

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Dutch artist M.C. Escher （1878-1972） created Day and Night （Woodcut in black and gray， printed from two blocks， 67.7 cm × 39.1 cm） in 1938. This stimulating， yet intriguing work of art is a masterful demonstration of symmetrical opposites， resulting in an artistic puzzle that captivates the viewer.

The left side of the painting shows a daytime setting within which a long， winding canal running through a small city is bright white， lit up by the daylight sky. The right side of the painting displays the exact opposite： a night scene of the same angle， wherein the canal and sky are black， including the miniature city. Beginning at the centre of the landscape， white birds from the daylight emerge into the fold of the night sky， while the dark birds of night flock to the daytime sky. The whole creates a bewildering pattern of black and white tiles in the center of the image， a composition that delivers a unique positive-negative geometric aspect to Day and Night.

Day and Night is one of M.C. Escher’s first pieces to show the influence of Moorish tile work.

荷蘭畫(huà)家M. C.埃舍爾于1938年創(chuàng)作了《晝與夜》（黑灰木刻，兩塊木板印刷，67.7厘米×39.1厘米）。這幅畫(huà)作令人興奮又新奇有趣，畫(huà)技精湛，很好地展示了對(duì)稱(chēng)對(duì)立。畫(huà)面制造了一個(gè)藝術(shù)謎題，觀者會(huì)被深深吸引。

畫(huà)面左邊展示的是日景，日光映照下，一條亮白色的長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的運(yùn)河蜿蜒流經(jīng)一座小城。右邊展示的正好相反，是從同一個(gè)角度呈現(xiàn)的夜景，運(yùn)河和天空——包括那座微型城市——皆為黑色。從畫(huà)面中心開(kāi)始，從白天飛來(lái)的白鳥(niǎo)出現(xiàn)在對(duì)折的夜空中，而來(lái)自夜晚的黑鳥(niǎo)則成群飛向白晝的天空。兩群鳥(niǎo)在畫(huà)面中心構(gòu)建了一幅令人迷惑的黑白瓷磚拼圖，這樣的構(gòu)圖賦予《晝與夜》一種獨(dú)特的正負(fù)幾何性。

埃舍爾的創(chuàng)作深受摩爾瓷磚裝飾圖案的影響，《晝與夜》是反映這種影響的早期畫(huà)作之一。? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?□