The artists that I am comparing in my paper come from two different backgrounds, yet in some ways, the deep psychological and philosophical message that their works reflect, together with their shared fascination with the insect-world, bring them together. Salvador Dali, a poor farmer's son 1904-1989 was born in Spain, and throughout his childhood, according to him, he was treated like royalty by his parents because they thought he was the incarnation of his dead brother, who died nine months before he was born. This treatment by his parents constantly reminded him of death and soon, he developed into a...
suppressed mentality behind the artists' inspirations. They leave it all to the viewer to decipher their message. This may be one of the reasons why the pieces hold an important place in art history. The works of Dali and Escher certainly carry deep questions about how we see the world around us. Both of them express precise realism and 'out of the world fantasy' at the same time.

The present day artists and their art have certainly been influenced by M.C. Escher, an observationist, who was fascinated in the detail and also by Salvador Dali, a thinker, who manipulated detail