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==Description==

==Description==

'''''Ascending and Descending''''' is a [[Prints|lithograph]] print by the Dutch artist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M. C. Escher M.C. Escher] which was first printed in March 1960.

'''''Ascending and Descending''''' is a [[Prints|lithograph]] print by the Dutch artist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C.Escher M.C. Escher] which was first printed in March 1960.

The [[original]] [[print]] measures 14" x 11 1/4”. The lithograph depicts a large building roofed by a never-ending staircase. Two lines of identically dressed men appear on the staircase, one line ascending whilst the other descends. Two figures sit apart from the people on the [[eternal|endless]] staircase: one in a secluded courtyard, the other on a lower set of stairs. While most two-[[dimensional]] artists use [[relative]] proportions to [[create]] an [[illusion]] of depth, Escher here and elsewhere uses conflicting proportions to create the visual [[paradox]].

The [[original]] [[print]] measures 14" x 11 1/4”. The lithograph depicts a large building roofed by a never-ending staircase. Two lines of identically dressed men appear on the staircase, one line ascending whilst the other descends. Two figures sit apart from the people on the [[eternal|endless]] staircase: one in a secluded courtyard, the other on a lower set of stairs. While most two-[[dimensional]] artists use [[relative]] proportions to [[create]] an [[illusion]] of depth, Escher here and elsewhere uses conflicting proportions to create the visual [[paradox]].