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To: madison10; generally; txhurl; Jane Long

There is a very famous picture in Art Institute of Chicago

Most view it as a beautiful lady sitting in front of a mirror

Viewed from a different angle it appears to be a skull.

Anyone familiar with it ?


130 posted on 05/15/2018 5:06:36 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: hoosiermama

Oh, yes! There are lots of those.


136 posted on 05/15/2018 5:14:12 PM PDT by txhurl (World War Q)
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To: madison10; generally; txhurl; Jane Long

Must have been in a special exhibit.

The title is “all is vanity”. From Ecc

You can see it here. A reminder that things are not actually as they seem.
Or there may be two opposite views of the same object

http://www.deceptology.com/2011/07/worlds-most-famous-optical-illusion.html

Which do you see: the beautiful woman or the skull?


147 posted on 05/15/2018 5:35:15 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: hoosiermama

Here you go!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Allan_Gilbert

I do not know if the picture it is in the Art Institute collection.


173 posted on 05/15/2018 6:12:37 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: hoosiermama

Yes.


342 posted on 05/15/2018 9:23:08 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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