Optical Illusions in Art, Part 3
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #334link Also Read Part 1 & Part 2 We love it when the picture plays with our mind To achieve different angle, illusion or an unusual effect with only two-dimensional picture is a challenge many photographers and artists can't seem to pass by. The three-dimensional sculptures can increase the "I simply can not believe this is real" effect. But in every occasion we keep asking ourselves how the trick was pulled off, and such mind-games appear to be a part of the magic. ![]() "The House, that Swift Built" (image credit: Anna Gunter) ![]() (image credit: Josh Sommers) ![]() (image credit: Josh Sommers) ![]() (images credit: Istvan Orosz) But did you know that some illusions can actually be constructed in real life? ![]() (image credit: Shigeo Fukuda.html) Aldo Cavini Benedetti made the working model of M. C. Escher's "Ascending and Descending" using a toy "Geomag" constructor set: ![]() (image credit: Aldo Cavini Benedetti) The video is almost out-of-this-world: The "Impossible Triangle" is also possible to make, see the instructions here - with a printable template from that site, anybody can make it! ![]() (image credit: Scott Henderson) Almost real: ![]() (image credit: Simon Scott) Illusions in Art One certain way to prompt the viewer to look twice in the picture is to create a "topsy-turvy" images, meaningful in both orientations. ![]() ![]() Transformations! - ![]() (image credit: Sandro del Prete) Hidden figures: A new meaning for "suggestive" painting - ![]() (image credit: Sandro del Prete) ![]() (image credit: Sandro del Prete) This "Tree of Faces" is a classic: ![]() Animal "matryoshka": ![]() Mona Lisa: ![]() This is a screenshot from the movie "Alexander". An interesting effect, but perhaps not that many people notice: The following images are without credits, so please help us to locate the originals: ![]() ![]() ![]() (image credit: Jonathon Bowser) ![]() ![]() (image credit: Octavio Ocampo) Impossible geometry These artists can not revise the foundations of perspective and geometry, but they certainly fool the eye of a viewer: ![]() (art by Dirk Huizer) ![]() (image credit: Sandro del Prete) ![]() (image credit: Sandro del Prete) ![]() (image credit: Hermann Paulsen) ![]() (art by Zenon Kulpa) ![]() (image credit: Natalia Ivanova) "The Magic Window" by Istvan Orosz ![]() (image credit: Istvan Orosz) Paintings by Flemish artist Jos de Mey continue in the "old Belgian masters" traditional style, only they clearly show impossible landscapes: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (images credit: Jos de Mey) Other "impossible art" painters: ![]() (image credit: Irvine Peacock) ![]() (image credit: Irvine Peacock) ![]() (image credit: Walter Wick) Great "recursion" effect: ![]() (image credit: Norman Parker) Original creator of "impossible triangles" (1934) - Oscar Reutersvärd, Sweden. Wrap your mind around this geometry: ![]() ![]() ![]() (images credit: Oscar Reutersvärd) Dmitry Rakov went even further, creating "impossible alphabet": ![]() and "impossible labyrinth": ![]() See another incredible figures alphabet on this page. Here is one interesting puzzle: ![]() (image credit: Gianni Sarconi) If your kid has some trouble assembling the toy, maybe he's got instructions like this: ![]() (image credit: Govert Shilling) Snakes on a... thing: ![]() (art by Peter Raedschelders) Sometimes the confusing effect is all-too-easily achieved: ![]() ![]() You can use money bills, or magazines: ![]() ![]() (image credit: Meg Picard) See more of this interesting effect here Illusions in Advertising: ![]() ![]() Not an optical illusion, but a good test of your "attention to detail": How many "F"s are in this sentence? FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY YEARS Scroll down for answer... in the meantime, see if you can spot anything wrong with this image: ![]() (image credit: planetperplex) ANSWER: There are six F's in the sentence. There is no catch. Many people forget the F in "OF", and that word appears three times in the sentence. The human brain tends to see them as V's and not F's! If you spotted four, five, or even all six, well you beat the average! Life imitates illusion Do you remember M. C. Escher's "impossible staircases"? ![]() well, somebody found the similar structure somewhere in Russia: ![]() READ PREVIOUS PART HERE Also Read Part 1 Permanent Link... ![]() Category: Funny pics,Weird Related Posts: Optical Illusions Extravaganza, Amazing Paper Sculptures Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: |
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That lady with the long black hair seated by the huge stone is Cher. I think that's the cover art of her album Heart of Stone, which was released in the early 90s. If I'm not mistaken, that album is where the single "Turn Back Time" is from.
The third image without credit is from Jonathon Bowser: http://www.jonathonart.com/nati4.html
It is Heart of Stone, and interestingly enough, that album cover was recalled because it was thought to be too morbid. That's the one I have, though, and I've never seen what they replaced it with.
I grew up around that Cher album (yes it is Heart of Stone) and had never noticed the illusion until now... very groovy
the two paintings (flowers and leaves forming a female face, birds forming a female face) come from the artist Octavio Ocampo. Great work! Keep it up! ;)
omg, i cant beleive it! the one where u have 2 find the F's..first i counted 3, then i read the answer..i counted again, found 4, and the 4th time, i saw 6, haha!!
im such a blonde!!
Maybe, you will like this:
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Its from the beginning scene of the movie Hannibal and it's Hannibal Lecters face made out of pidgeons.
Neat article.
There is one f in that sentence. You meant how many are in the following sentence. You made a word illusion.
Cool.
I think that second painting credited to Jos de Mey is actually by Rene Magritte. He frequently used the juxtaposition of night and day in his landscapes, and the birdcage fellow appears in many of his paintings.
oh, Did I see some Michael Jackson look alike in the graphic associated with the movie 'Alexander' ?
its on the bottom-left of the big face.
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