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Announcement for artists
Author specialized in visual and perception recearch and
owner of the wonderful site Archimedes Lab
Gianni A. Sarcone is preparing a book about optical illusions now.
The book will include illusions by well-known and emergent artists.
If you are interested to have your artwork(s) featured in his upcoming book please
send to me
or to Gianni
2 or 3 of your best optical illusion artworks
in hi-res quality (300 dpi, max. width: 20 cm) along with a short biography.
Hidden figures, impossible figures, ambiguous figures,
illusions based on size, and illusions based on color are mostly needed.
The artists whose work(s) will be selected will be fully credited.
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Art
Original artworks of famous artists, which impossible figures was used in.
See galleries of artworks by masters of impossible illusions such as
M.C. Escher, Oscar Reutersvärd, Jos de Mey, Sandro del Prete.
You can also also see gallery of spanish artist Vicente Meavilla Seguí
which is frequently updated.
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Animation
Here you can see video rolics and flash animations about impossible figures.
You can perceive secrets how impossible triangle can be constructed.
Some animations are based Escher's and Reutersvärd arworks.
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Figure library
The most comprehensive collection of wireframe and greyscale impossible images.
Most of them are copies of Reutersvärd's artworks,
but some copies created from paintings of other autors.
My impossible figures can be found here too.
There are 760 images in collection now.
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Articles
Articles about impossible figures.
You can read about M.C. Escher's life and his arworks
as well as can be acquainted with mathematical basis of impossible figures and
principles of impossible illusions.
Read article about impossible
figures in real world
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Programms
Here you can download computer programs which can help you
to create your own impossible figures.
Look at the NEWEST program Impossible Puzzle 1.10 and
the new version of the program Impossible Constructor 1.25.
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All new figures are also posted to Impossible World site blog.
Visit also my Mathematical
paintings and sculptures blog, where you can read about artists who use various mathematical
principles in their artworks, sculptures and other works.
Follow our updates on Twitter.
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