Optical Illusion of Pantheon, athens
Many optical illusions are found in architecture and, strangely enough, many of these were recognized long before painting developed beyond its primitive stages. The architecture of classic Greece displays a highly developed knowledge of many geometrical optical illusions and the architects of those far-off centuries carefully worked out details for counteracting them. Drawings reveal many optical illusions to the architect, but many are not predicted by them. The ever-changing relations of lines and forms in architecture as we vary our viewpoint introduce many optical illusions which may appear and disappear.
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Comment by pameli kayal on April 6, 2010 at 5:43am -
good to knw u liked it...i enjoyed this in first yr..while studying history f arch..
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Comment by Apollo Spiliotis on April 6, 2010 at 5:38am -
very cool article!
i briefly touched on this subject in my university dissertation : "Illusionism in Architecture : Anamorphosis, Trompe l'Oeil and other illusionary techniques from the Italian Renaissance to today"
http://bit.ly/dW6Bj
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