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Some of Escher's work have the largest figures in the center of the work and some have the largest figures on the edges.

For example, compare Circle Limit I http://math.slu.edu/escher/index.php/Circle_Limit_I

and

Path of Life III http://math.slu.edu/escher/index.php/Path_of_Life_III

Students could search through Escher's work to find other examples like these or find other artists who have done similar work. One example I found is the optical illusions of Akiyoshi Kitaoka. For example,

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/rotrays.gif

and

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/ampan.gif.

This last example is interesting in that the largest "figures" are not on the edges or in the center, but in between...