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Grand Illusions view detail comment email this

Intriguing optical illusions and scientific articles for inquiring minds. Includes "The Strange Story of Napoleon's Wallpaper," a scientist's explanation for Napoleon's final illness. This site could devour hours of your time. Excellent mix of art and science in a commercial base.
http://www.grand-illusions.com/
Topics: Science, Science
Last updated Apr 27, 2004


Laura Hayes and John Howard Wileman Exhibit of Optical Toys view detail comment email this

Small exhibit of pre-20th century optical toys and illusionary devices from the collection of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Includes images and descriptions of the stereoscope, magic lanterns, chromatope, phenakistoscope ("spindle viewer"), peep egg viewer, poly-o-rama panoptique, and other toys.
http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/opticaltoys.htm
Topics: Hobbies, Science
Last updated Nov 22, 2005


SandlotScience.com view detail comment email this

Hundreds of optical illusions, including visual illusions and those from nature. Also features games, puzzles, recent articles about research involving optical illusions, and related links.
http://www.sandlotscience.com/
Topics: Mysteries and More, Science
Last updated Mar 6, 2007


Vision and Art view detail comment email this

This tutorial demonstrates how the illusion of three dimensions can be created in two-dimensional art. Elements that illustrate aspects of depth perception, color perception, and form perception include interposition, relative height and size, linear and aerial perspective, texture gradient, shadows, impossible figures, figure-ground relationships, and spatial summation. From a professor of psychology.
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/art/
Topics: Science
Last updated Sep 29, 2007




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