Impossible Ring with Intersecting Objects, 1999 1024x1526
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In 1956, British psychiatrist Lionel Penrose and his son, mathematician Roger Penrose, submitted a short article to the British Journal of Psychology titled Impossible Objects: A Special Type of Visual Illusion. This was illustrated with the Penrose Triangle and Penrose stairs. The article referenced Escher, whose work had sparked their interest in the subject, but not whom they were unaware of. The article was only published in 1958.
An impossible object (also known as an impossible figure or an undecidable figure) is a type of optical illusion consisting of a two-dimensional figure which is instantly and subconsciously interpreted by the visual system as representing a projection of a three-dimensional object although it is not actually possible for such an object to exist (at least not in the form interpreted by the visual system).
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Impossible Ring with Intersecting Objects, 1999
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Pencil drawing of an impossible ring intersected by other objects. Drawn on Architectural B paper.
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Dudziak
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