Another World II 《彼岸II》

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Another World II， also known as Other World II， is a woodcut print （31.8 cm × 26.1 cm） by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in January 1947.

It depicts a cubic architectural structure made from brick. The structure is a paradox with an open archway on each of the five visible sides of the cube. The structure wraps around the vertical axis to enclose the viewer’s perspective. At the bottom of the image is an archway which we seem to be looking up from the base， and through it we can see space. At the top of that arch is another arch which is level with our perspective， and through it we are looking out over a lunar horizon. At the top of that arch is another arch which covers the top of the image. We are looking down at this arch from above and through it onto the lunar surface.

Standing in each archway along the vertical axis is a metal sculpture of a bird with a humanoid face. In each side archway is a horn or cornucopia hanging on chains. The views from above and below are consistent， placing the statue so that it faces the horn， however the horizontal view reverses the relative positions of the statue and the horn， and rotates the horn 180 degrees.

The previous month （December 1946）， Escher created a mezzotint called Another World （Gallery）. The image in that print is the same as this one except that the arches continue on as an infinite corridor.

The bird/ human sculpture is a real sculpture which was given to Escher by his father-in-law. This sculpture first appears in Escher’s 1934 lithograph Still Life with Spherical Mirror.

The picture is featured in the cover of the 1965 edition of Italo Calvino1’s Cosmicomics.

《彼岸II》（又譯《异度空间II》《另一个世界II》）是荷兰画家M.C.埃舍尔创作的一幅木刻版画（31.8厘米×26.1厘米），首印于1947年1月。

该画描绘了一个砖砌的立方结构体。这个立方体有五个可见面，每一面都有敞开的拱门，构成了一个矛盾体。该结构体围绕垂直轴而建，给观者提供了闭合的视角。画面底部的拱门看似从底部望向顶部，透过拱门可看到外空。该拱门的顶部是另一个拱门，与观者视角持平，透过它眺望到的是月球地平线。该拱门的顶部又是另一个拱门，铺满了画面顶部，观者的视角是由上而下，穿过它可到达月球表面。

沿垂直轴分布的每个拱道上都立着一尊人面鸟身的金属雕像。侧边拱道上都垂有一个挂在链子上的号角或丰饶角。无论从上向下还是从下向上，视图都是连贯的，雕像面冲号角摆放，但是水平视图颠倒了雕像和角的相对位置，并将角旋转了180度。

印制此画的前一个月（1946年12月），埃舍尔创作过一幅名为《彼岸》（又名《画廊》）的网线铜版画。两幅画的画面基本一样，只是那幅画中的拱门一直向深处延伸，形成一条没有尽头的走廊。

人面鸟身的雕像确有其物，是埃舍尔的岳父送给他的礼物。在埃舍尔1934年的平版印刷画《静物与球面镜》中，这座雕像首次露面。

伊塔洛·卡尔维诺1965年版的《宇宙奇趣》一书将此画用作了封面。