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If I am not mistaken, the word art and artist did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade.
M. C. Escher
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M. C. Escher
Age: 73 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 1
Died: 1972
Died: January 1
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