DECEIVING THE EYE.

Space master Felice Varini creates geometric images, in public spaces, that defy our visual logic. His team uses a projector and stencils to painstakingly put each distorted component in the correct place. When viewed from a precise position, it all locks together for a spectacular effect. This example was installed on the Grand Palais in Paris. http://www.varini.org

The same squares A and B are identical. It’s all a matter of contrast.

Old favorite We all know this kind of image. Two faces or a white vase?

Motion Strangely transfixing.

Not motion This is a static image. Where’s the Dramamine?

Dinner table Everything appears to be sinking into the dining table with this completely flat placemat. goo.gl/VbQ3oY

Illustrations that bend reality Below, by Robert Gonsalves.

An example of the very popular work of M.C. Escher.

Chalk artists know how to manipulate perspective. By Edgar Mueller.