Round 9: Tossup 20

This artist’s depiction of the Tower of Babel is viewed (-5[1])from an extreme high angle in front of an expanse of water. Archways house a bird with a human face and a hanging cornucopia in this artist’s woodcut Another World. Douglas Hofstadter cited this artist’s work, such as Ascending and Descending, to illustrate a (15[1])“strange loop” in a book titled for this artist, (*) Gödel, and Bach. This artist included a Parmigianino-style self-portrait in his Hand with Reflecting Sphere. In this artist’s lithograph (10[1])Relativity, people use (10[1])sideways and upside-down stairways. For 10 points, what Dutch artist (10[2])engraved tessellations and optical illusions? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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