Original title: Klimmen en dalen
Created by MC Escher in 1960
Ascending, Descending Created by MC Escher

The building seems to be solid, but when you examine it you see that the monks are ascending or descending forever. Escher didn't invent the endless staircase but he managed to draw it in a very appealing way. The inventors of the endless stairs were L.S. and Roger Penrose in 1958.

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