Anamorphosis
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ANAMORPHOSIS (a Gr. word, derived from avlc, back, and pop4 , form: the second o in the Greek is long, but in English the pronunciation varies), a deformation or distortion of appearance; in drawing, ...
Anamorphosis
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anamorphosis and anamorphic art - An image that appears distorted, because it is constructed on an elongated grid, rendering it unintelligible until it is viewed from a specific, ...
Anamorphosis: Technique of painting or drawing an object that seems distorted when it is viewed head-on, but becomes recognisable when viewed from one particular angle or with some kind of correcting device..
anamorphosis and anamorphic art - elongated "school"An image that appears distorted, because it is constructed on an elongated grid, rendering it unintelligible until it is viewed from a specific, ...
Or indeed from anamorphosis, the effect by which images are contorted so that objects are only fully recognizable when viewed from an oblique angle. Or, equally, Op may simply be a child of modern decoration.
From the 14th to 16th century, the altarpiece was one of the most important commissions in European art; it was through the altarpiece that some of the most decisive developments in painting and sculpture came about. anamorphosis ...
tymology - anamorphosis; distorted optical image produced by intentional distortion (as by unequal magnification along perpendicular axes) of an image ...
 See also: Painting, Sculpture, Roman, Plate, Movement
  
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