Optical illusions

Comprising of seven billion people, the human race is segregated by different belief systems as a result of differing perceptions. It is from this simple reality that from the very beginning of human civilization, wars have been fought over what different cultures have perceived to be right or wrong. Therefore, human perception provides the basis for what is personally real and what is not; as an individual senses and interprets external information, action follows according to what has been…

He was interested in the religious changes that happen during the Protestant Reformation, in which Martin Luther’s ideas have a big impact. Each character is detailed showing movement and facial expressions. He uses optical illusion and arrangement of the grouping in a manner as to allow an unobstructed view of Jesus Christ. Durer shows wine and bread usually taken in communion by priest. It suggests it was taken by the people which demonstrate an example of Protestant ideals…

plane and is the author of “Meditations.” In “Meditations,” he mentioned his goal was to want certain knowledge to be firm and lasting, or undoubtable as he explained there are already many things that are deceiving us such as sense data (e.g. optical illusions) and dreams. Thus, he suggested that everyone should doubt old beliefs, old habits, seemingly obvious truths such as 2+3=5, and anything that has deceived people once by doubting the foundational beliefs and by imagining an evil deceiver.…

Sculptures are 3 dimentional and are often textured; in the case of Willendorf, the surface of limestone creates a roughness. Oil on canvas might have a bit of texture, nevertheless, it is a flat surface. In May Evening, the artist employs optical illusion to achieve the 3rd dimention effect. Second, Willendorf is from the Stone Age compared to the painting which was completed in the 1800s. Also, the sculpture is not proportionatly correct while May Evening captures the scale perfectly. Third…

The Dead Kennedys were one of the United States’s most influential hardcore punk bands, and were composed of Jello Biafra (Eric Reed Boucher) on vocals, East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) on guitar, Klaus Flouride (Geoffrey Lyall) on bass, Ted (Bruce Slesinge) on drums, and finally 6025 (Carlos Cadona) on rhythm guitar. Not only were they influential in their style, but they caused stirs by the extreme and controversial nature of their political statements. The band formed in San Francisco in…

In 1968, the United States Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio decided that police may stop a person for questioning and frisk, without probable cause, if they have reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime. The New York City Liberty Union website provides a total number of how many people were stopped from the year 2002 to 2016, while also providing a racial breakdown of how many of that total were blacks, whites, and Latinos. According to this website, in…

M.C. Escher’s art has always been fascinating to look at; his tessellations especially. I was first introduced to him by my psychology teacher when we looked at optical illusions, and then, once again in art class when he was introduced as an amazing artist, rightfully so. Being a fan of his art, I was amazed to find I could translate it in math terms as well; tessellations turn into geometric ratios and formulas. From psychology, to art, to math, M.C. Escher’s art has been widely acclaimed as…

The state of being subjected to unjust treatment or control is known as oppression. People believing to be superior than everyone else has been a main cause of such acts. Racial oppression burdens and targets a specific race and can be social, systematic, institutionalized, or internalized. Authors like James Baldwin write to express their feelings towards such oppressive historical conditions. James Baldwin passage “Notes of a Native Son” describes how racial inequalities has affected his…

the operator would use clever angles and lighting techniques to assist with the optical illusion of making his hand appear to pierce the patient without actually doing so. The practitioner would then “remove harmful debris” from the patient 's body while leaving no openings in the flesh. When in reality these foreign items in the…

Magic is everywhere and it is invisible to the real world, which is why many people do not believe in magic. Today, people believe magic to be optical illusions, or hand tricks, but maybe there is more to the world then society thinks. The magical world and the “real world” have similarities and differences from each other in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. In the mythical world, magic is a normal concept to them and they understand how to use it and wield it. In…