Hidden faces
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- People often see hidden faces in things. Depending on the circumstances, this is referred to as pareidolia, the perception or recognition of a specific pattern or form in something essentially different. It is thus also a kind of optical illusion. When an artist notices that two different things have a similar appearance, and draws or paints a picture making this similarity evident, they make images with double meanings. Many of these images are hidden faces or hidden skulls.
These illusionistic pictures present the viewer with a mental choice of two interpretations: head or landscape, head or objects, head or architecture, etc. Both of them are valid, but the viewer sees only one of them, and very often they cannot see both interpretations simultaneously.
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Intaglio mit Doppelporträt Faunus und Silen, 1./2. Jh. n. Chr. (Fassung 17. Jh.)
Der hochovale Ringstein aus...
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Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA -
Vexierbild "Glaube - Liebe - Hoffnung" (2. H. 19. Jh.)
Sog. „Harfenbild“ in schwarz...
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Image: Albert-Heyde-Stiftung - CC BY-NC-SA -
Lithografie: „Geheimnisvolle Veilchen“
Das Bild zeigt einen...
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Image: Historisches Museum Hannover - CC BY-NC-SA -
Federkasten mit Perlmutterkippbild
Der Federkasten ist mit...
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Image: Perlmutter- und Heimatmuseum Adorf - CC BY-NC-SA -
Unser sind Siben./ Nous Sommes Sept.
Narrensatire als Vexierbild...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - Public Domain Mark
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