Loopy - loop

I thought a bit about my comment on House of Stairs II about the whole "repetitive loop" but that seems to be a reoccurring theme in most of Escher's works. Like in Reptiles, Ascending and Descending, Drawing Hands, Metamorphosis III...and so many more -but just to name a few of my favourites. I do however believe the loop works better in these works than in House of Stairs II. The 'story' shall I call it works better because it's on small scale. Whereas the grandeur in House of Stairs II was, in my opinion, too ambitious and destroys the delicacy of a simple concept of a continuous cycle. In saying so, I much prefer House of Stairs I than II. The continuous loop was presented in the play on perspectives in a nice 'bite size' for the viewer without the need for the additional over the top replica in scroll. Proves the point that sometimes less is better than more.

Reptiles, 1943, MC Escher, lithograph.

Ascending and Descending, 1960, MC Escher, lithograph.

Drawing Hands, 1948, MC Escher, lithograph.