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TED-Ed
TED-ED: The mathematics of sidewalk illusions - Fumiko Futamura
Have you ever come across an oddly stretched image on the sidewalk, only to find that it looks remarkably realistic if you stand in exactly the right spot? These sidewalk illusions employ a technique called anamorphosis - a special case...
Curated Video
Understanding Perspective: The Illusion of Depth in 2D Drawings
Perspective illusion allows us to see two dimensional images as three dimensional. Learn how the human brain's interpretation and perception of patterns fills in the gap of these images to allow us to see depth when it is not actually...
SciShow
Great Minds: Filippo Brunelleschi
The first modern engineer earned the title by winning a competition to build a dome. A video focuses on the work and life of Filippo Brunelleschi, who invented an entirely new way of constructing buildings, including new designs,...
TED-Ed
The Mathematics of Sidewalk Illusions
How do they create those 3-D views on a 2-D surface? The video presents the history of the art of using anamorphic perspective. A review of perspective drawing provides background knowledge to the class. Pupils see different methods...