Interesting Facts
- Illusions trick us into seeing something differently than what exists so what we see is not reality.
- The word "illusion" comes from the latin verb illuder ,which means to mock.
- The Greeks were the first people to use optical illusions.For example,they built temples with slanted roofs.This gave the illusion that the temple was standing straight.
- TV is a great example of an illusion.The pictures are not really moving!The individual pictures are moving so fast that our brain cannot process each individual picture.
- MC Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) was one of the world's greatest illusionist!
- MC Escher was born in 1898 and died in 1972.
- He was famous for creating pictures with impossible structures.To see some of his paintings,go to the MC Escher Menu under Gallery.