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title: Eschers paintings
date: "2002-10-08T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1103
description: I found these impressive LEGO recreations of M.C. Escher's famous perspective-defying paintings, including "Ascending and Descending", "Belvedere", and "Balcony". They use clever building techniques to replicate the impossible geometry of the original woodcuts.
keywords: [lego, m.c. escher, optical illusions, impossible geometry, model building, art recreation]
---

[Escher's Ascending and Descending in LEGO](http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/ascending.html). Also [Belvedere](http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/belvedere.html) and [Balcony](http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/balcony.html). [via Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/20620)