Optical Illusions in Art
Optical Illusions and The Art of Deception
What exactly is an "illusion"? An illusion is a deceptive trick that alters our perception of reality. Our senses in effect, perceive something entirely differently than what actually exists. The word illusion comes from the Latin verb, illudere, which means, "to mock." Many artists create their magic by showing some of us, one image, while someone else sees a totally different image while viewing the same picture. What do YOU see in the images below? All Illusion Images Courtesy: National...

Artistic Optical Illusions
Optical Illusion: A Tree of Ten Faces? Or Just a Tree?
CAN YOU SEE 10 FACES IN THE TREE? That's the magic of optical illusions...you think you see something but in reality it is something else. Or, what you are looking at is actually something morphing into something else, or not what it looks like at all! Perceptions, we all have them. Recent interactions with individuals in my life have confirmed this forgone conclusion that everything is just an illusion; we see through filters that we have in place either physiologically or psychologically,...

Optical Illusions Gallery
They can also be known as "mind games".
An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation...