Dali_VS_Esher

Dali VS Esher Dali vs. Esher At first glance at Dali’s Swans reflecting elephants, it just appears to be swans swimming on a peaceful lake. At a closer look one should see elephants in the reflection of the swans. The trees are eerie and nightmarish. The blue sky is reflected in the water, which gives it color. All of these aspects raise the question where does the land end and where does the sky begin' Vivid details and curiosities cover every inch of this painting. A man in the moon watches over the lake, a man painted in vivid detail stands on a landscape blurred by impressionism. The message in the painting seems to be to always take a second look, things may not always be what they seem. In M.C Esher’s drawing, Ascending/ Descending, a rectangular inner courtyard is bounded by a building that is roofed in by a never-ending stairway. The inhabitants of this building would appear to be monks, adherents of some unknown sect. Perhaps it is their ritual duty to climb those stairs for a few hours each day. It would seem that when they get tired they are allowed to turn about and go downstairs instead of up. Yet dali, escher, painting, detail, people, look, dali’s, take, swans, seems, second, one, observer, message, drawing, details, seem, reflection, monks, escher’s, elephants, conformity, building, better, about, water, understand, trees, strokes, sky, religion, reflecting, man, making, end