Round 9: Tossup 20

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

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