AMBIGOUS IMAGES

1. AMBIGOUS IMAGES Ambiguous images are optical illusion images which exploit graphical similarities and other properties of visual system interpretation between two or more distinct image forms.

2. A VASE OR A PROFILE? Ifyou look at the middle (white part)you can see a vase. Ifyou look at the sides (blackparts), you can observetwoprofileslookingateachothers.

3. Count the legs… Thisillusionmakesitimpossible to count the legs of the elephant. The object itself cannot be globally segregated from the nonobject or background.  Parts of the object (in this case the elephant’s legs) become the background, and vice versa. HAVE YOU COUNTED THEM??? HOW MANY ARE THEY???

4. BREAST OR HEADS??? The image represents a woman with her bare breast. The men in front of her create the illusion and their heads are confused with herbreast.

5. A MAN’S HEAD OR A WOMAN??? In thisbeardedman’sprofileyou can percieve a woman’s body(man’sforehead and nose).

6. FACE OR BRAINS-MAN??? The man’sbrain isnothingbutanothercrouched up man.

7. MEN OR COLUMNS??? Thesebalconycolumnsseem to divide threecouples of men who are lookingateachother.

8. SALVADOR DALI’ Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes”toa self-styled "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.

9. ARCIMBOLDO In the 16th century, an Italian painter named Giuseppe Arcimboldo was on the cutting edge of his craft as he painted composite portraits of people using a variety of objects.  Some of his most famous paintings involved creating portraits out of fruits and vegetables. He used books to represent the head and torso of a man.

10. MICHAEL PIAZZA FILIPPO PESCHIERA NICCOLO’ MAIA