tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1499671311061352899..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): AnamorphosisMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4662103845206475282013-02-07T05:05:05.616-06:002013-02-07T05:05:05.616-06:00This is an extraordinary coincidence: just last ni...This is an extraordinary coincidence: just last night I discovered that google has an "art project" in which they have over 37,000 works of art online, and on the front page of their website was a painting - done in 1533 - called The Ambassadors (by Hans Holbein the Younger) that has a striking example of this anamorphism theme. Holbein put a strange thinnish oval shape right in the front of the very serious and detailed painting but from a certain angle that shape appears as something we all know. The wiki page about it is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein)<br /><br />Lately, of course, we've seen emails with pavement art on streets in Europe that uses anamorphism and it is also used by advertisers on sports grounds. It's so odd to think the idea is far from modern, but is around 500 years old!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83465820733234613402013-02-06T10:02:21.568-06:002013-02-06T10:02:21.568-06:00My kids loved this. Thanks for sharing.My kids loved this. Thanks for sharing.Brad Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197301845256854051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8644999280637241192013-02-06T01:07:45.672-06:002013-02-06T01:07:45.672-06:00Hey, thanks for the plug! XOXOXO Hey, thanks for the plug! XOXOXO Myrna Hoffmanhttp://www.oozandoz.comnoreply@blogger.com