Comparing and Contrasting Picasso and Escher

All modern artists are the same, right? Wrong. The two artists I will be discussing, Pablo Picasso and M.C. Escher, though they have some similarities, are also very different. Though they are from the same general era, the tone of their artwork, their drawing styles, and some of the types of media they used. Both artists have similarities, though their differences are more numerous. Both artists are from the modern art period, meaning their …

…however I have seen the occasional water color from him as well, with tiny dabs of acrylic added into the mix for effect. To sum up, the different subjects of comparison in which I could indulge in this paper are numerous. However, the ones I chose to address were Pablo Picasso and M.C. Escher's similarities, the tones of their artwork, the general style of appearance of the works they create, and their preferred media.