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The Bridge by M.C. Escher (1930)
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perishthethought piefed.social perishthethought@piefed.social
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The Bridge is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in March 1930. It depicts a bridge connecting two sheer cliffs. On the top of the left hand cliff is a city. The chasm between the two cliffs is narrow but plummets out of view. In the distance is another outcrop with a city built on top.

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Agent641 lemmy.world Agent641@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
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Using the steps in the bottom left as a point of reference, everything else is scaled way off.

Building code standard steps are 200mm height, give or take. Even granting generous 300mm to these old timesy steps (which would be very awkward to walk up) the archway at the left bottom is only about 1500mm tall. The doorway at the middle left, leasing to the square rooftop is like 1000mm tall. Completely impractical. And yet the archway at the top left is four times that height.

I gotta say, you can only blame the contractor so far, at some point the blame lies with the project manager and the Architect. Get your shit together, folks! It's code violation city up there.

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Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ piefed.zip Sxan@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-06-18
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Heck of an alt-text. Great description! Props!

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CannonFodder lemmy.world CannonFodder@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-22
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Using the steps in the bottom left as a point of reference, everything else is scaled way off. Building code standard steps are 200mm height, give or take. Even granting generous 300mm to these old timesy steps (which would be very awkward to walk up) the archway at the left bottom is only about 1500mm tall. The doorway at the middle left, leasing to the square rooftop is like 1000mm tall. Comp...

What about these ones?:

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