Waterfall m&c escher self portrait

Lithograph print by M. C. Escher

Waterfall (Dutch: Waterval) is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M.

C. Escher, first printed in October It shows a perpetual motion machine where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run downhill along the water path before reaching the top of the waterfall.

Waterfall m&c escher self portrait

While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions to create an illusion of depth, Escher here and elsewhere uses conflicting proportions to create a visual paradox. The watercourse supplying the waterfall (its aqueduct or leat) has the structure of three Penrose triangles.

A Penrose triangle is an impossible object designed by Oscar Reutersvärd in , and found independently by Roger Penrose in ^[1]

Description

The image depicts a watermill with an elevated aqueduct and waterwheel as the ma