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... all life rests on appearance, art, illusion, optics, the need for perspective and for error...
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Friedrich Nietzsche (The Birth of Tragedy)
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The fact was that Elstir’s intent, not to show things as he knew them to be, but in accordance with the optical illusions that our first sight of things is made of, had led him to isolate some of these laws of perspective, which were more striking in his day, art having been first to uncover them.
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Marcel Proust (In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower)
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In The New Swedish Art from 1923, a publication that attempts to describe contemporary currents in Swedish art labelled as ‘modern’, the modern artist is imagined as standing freer than during the 19th century: ‘He no longer wishes merely to replicate, but to create. He does no longer strive for optical illusion, but for artistic synthesis’. This seems true if comparing the techniques of a so-called modern artist with the academic painting principles of the 19th century.
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Ludwig Qvarnström (Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts)
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Texture and pattern are two of the elements and principals of art that help
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Catherine V. Holmes (How to Draw Cool Stuff: Shading, Textures and Optical Illusions)
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The "Mona Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci.
The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling.
When you look at the mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at the eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful.
Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors.
"Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life.
I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors.
Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?
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Avijeet Das (Why the Silhouette?)
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If you want to make a color brighter, you put it next to its complementary color, its opposite on the color wheel. It doesn’t actually change the color, but it looks that way.” “The fact that Gabriel and I worked well together was just an optical illusion?” “But if you mix those complementary colors together, they create the darkest shadows.” She scrunches her nose. “Please tell me this analogy isn’t about sex.” “Of course it’s about sex. Art is always about sex. That’s the second thing I learned as an artist.
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Skye Warren (The Evolution of Man (The Trust Fund Duet, #2))
Sophia Williams (3d drawing and optical illusions: how to draw optical illusions and 3d art step by step Guide for Kids, Teens and Students. New edition)