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Ascending and Descending
Ascending and Descending is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in March 1960.
The original print measures . The lithograph depicts a large building roofed by a never-ending staircase. Two lines of identically dressed men appear on the staircase, one line ascending while the other descends. Two figures sit apart from the people on the endless staircase: one in a secluded courtyard, the other on a lower set of stairs. While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions to
with seven, "sampurna" (संपूर्ण, Sanskrit for 'complete'). The number of swaras may differ in the ascending and descending like rāga Bhimpalasi which has five notes in the ascending and seven notes in descending or Khamaj with six notes in the ascending and seven in the descending. Rāgas differ in their ascending or descending movements. Those that do not follow the strict ascending or descending order of swaras are called "vakra" (वक्र) ('crooked') rāgas.
Carnatic rāga.
In Carnatic