Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach - Salvador Dalí |
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 At the same time a table with a fruit dish, a scene at a beach, a dog (looking to the right), and a face looking towards you ! You may not like the work of Dali, but this is actually an amazing achievement : four different scenes in one painting ! This is also the most requested poster by far.
Number of ratings : 95. |
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| Drawing hands, Tekenen - M.C. Escher |
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 Escher wanted to show the illusion of a drawing as directly as he could. It looks like two threedimensional hands are drawing each other on a piece of paper. Which, in turn, is drawn on another piece. I wonder : would this be Eschers hand, and the pen he was using at the moment ?
Number of ratings : 118. |
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:: 1948 :: Poster |
| Swans reflecting elephants - Salvador Dalí |
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 Just as the title says, the swans are reflecting elephants in the lake. This is one of the more popular classics by Dalí, especially on calendars and posters.
Number of ratings : 142. |
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:: 1937 :: Poster |
| Gala looking into the Mediterranean Sea - Salvador Dalí |
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 You already recognize the picture of Abraham Lincoln. In fact it is also a portrait of Dali's wife Gala. The people looking at the painting in the museum have to take several meters of distance to distinguish Lincoln.
Number of ratings : 82. |
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:: 1977 :: Poster |
| Castle of illusion - Irvine Peacock |
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 One of the most beautiful and captivating examples of the entire site.
Original : Up and down
Related : The courtyard
Number of ratings : 36. |
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| Wild Waters - Jim Warren |
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 The waves transform into horses galloping out of the sea.
Number of ratings : 155. |
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| Relativity, Relativiteit - M.C. Escher |
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 Famous and often imitated drawing.
Derived : Lord of the Dragon :: The Staircase :: Labyrinth : the movie
Number of ratings : 77. |
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:: 1953 :: Poster |
| Print gallery, Prentententoonstelling - M.C. Escher |
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 The man in the lower left-hand corner is looking at a painting in a gallery. But the gallery itself is on the painting the man is looking at . . .
Number of ratings : 38. |
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:: 1956 :: Poster |
| On my mind - |
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 The face of Sigmund Freud, and you can clearly see what he is thinking of. This is a popular poster among students.
Number of ratings : 26. |
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| Waterfall, Waterval - M.C. Escher |
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 Follow the water. Where does it go ? This waterfall recycles the water after driving the water wheel. Arguably Escher's most famous and inspiring drawing.
Derived : Waterfall model :: Waterfall explanation :: Fantasy Towers
Number of ratings : 64. |
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:: 1960 :: Poster |
| Empire of lights, L Empire des lumières - René Magritte |
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 Under a bright, sunny sky, the earth is covered under the night.
Number of ratings : 73. |
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:: 1954 :: Poster |
| The ambassadors - Hans Holbein |
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 This is a famous painting with a lot of hidden symbolism and meanings. The most eye-catching and intriguing is the warped skull in the front of the painting (the gray stripe). A lot has been written about the meaning of this skull, it is said to be a symbol of the mortality of man. You would have to look at it from a very sharp angle to see the skull.
Derived : Holbein's skull revealed
Number of ratings : 22. |
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| The courtyard - Irvine Peacock |
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Original : Up and down
Related : Castle of illusion
Number of ratings : 18. |
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| Ascending, descending, Klimmen en dalen - M.C. Escher |
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 The building seems solid enough, but when you examine it you see that the monks are ascending or descending forever. Escher didn't invent the endless staircase but he managed to draw it in a very appealing way. The inventors of the endless stairs were L.S. and Roger Penrose in 1958.
Derived : Water of life :: Ski Hill :: Impossible staircase :: Ascending and descending in LEGO
Number of ratings : 32. |
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:: 1960 :: Poster |
Convex and concave, Hol en bol - M.C. Escher |
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 The floors become ceilings, people are suddenly walking on walls. There is a lot to look at in this drawing. Escher thought more than a month about this image to make it simple enough !
Number of ratings : 26. |
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:: 1955 :: Poster |
| Castle in the sky - |
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 At the dark horizon, a sinister skull appears to the horseman.
Number of ratings : 24. |
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| The Staircase - |
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 Really beautiful version of Eschers Relativity.
Original : Relativity
Related : Lord of the Dragon • Labyrinth : the movie
Number of ratings : 14. |
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| Fantasy Towers - Pete Kelly |
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 Eschers "Waterfall" in color.
Original : Waterfall
Related : Waterfall model • Waterfall explanation
Number of ratings : 16. |
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| Lord of the Dragon - Irvine Peacock |
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Original : House of stairs
Related : The Staircase • Labyrinth : the movie
Number of ratings : 15. |
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| Other World II, Andere wereld II - M.C. Escher |
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Derived : Cosmic Temple
Number of ratings : 22. |
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:: 1947 :: Poster |
| Human Skull Consisting of Seven Naked Women's Bodies - Salvador Dalí |
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 Photograph by Philippe Halsman after a drawing by Dalí. Why do you never see this in those Dalí books ?
Number of ratings : 37. |
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:: 1951 :: Poster |
| House of stairs, Trappenhuis - M.C. Escher |
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Derived : Lord of the Dragon
Number of ratings : 28. |
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:: 1951 :: Poster |
Palm Sunday - Octavio Ocampo |
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 Jesus' entry in Jerusalem shows His own face.
Number of ratings : 40. |
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| Visions of Quixote, Las visiones de Quijote - Octavio Ocampo |
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 A man with a dreamy expression on his face transforms into Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Spanish countryside.
Number of ratings : 80. |
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| Blaze 4 - Bridget Riley |
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Number of ratings : 121. |
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:: 1964 :: Poster |
| Calvary - Octavio Ocampo |
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 You can see Jesus' crucifixion written all over His face.
Number of ratings : 103. |
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| Belvédère, Belvédère - M.C. Escher |
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 A building that is impossible to construct.
Derived : Spiral Staircase to Belvedere II :: Belvédère explanation :: Belvedere in LEGO
Number of ratings : 34. |
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:: 1958 :: Poster |
| Forever always, Solo para siempre - Octavio Ocampo |
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 A portrait of an older couple looking at each other, also showing a scene from their life. Notice how the middle part of the picture shows a golden cup, a little like Rubin's vase.
Number of ratings : 43. |
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| Impossible Chess Set, Das gekrümmte Schachbrett - Sandro Del-Prete |
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Derived : The Terrace :: Gameboard
Number of ratings : 17. |
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:: 1975 :: Poster |
| Fifty Abstract Pictures Which ... Appear as the Head of a Royal Bengal Tiger - Salvador Dalí |
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 Full title : "Fifty Abstract Pictures Which as Seen from Two Yards Change into Three Lenins Masquerading as Chinese and as Seen From Six Yards Appear as the Head of a Royal Bengal Tiger". This should explain it.
Number of ratings : 26. |
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:: 1963 :: Poster |
| The Generals Family - Octavio Ocampo |
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 You will often encounter this image on the internet; few people know who made it. In the portrait of the general you can find his family. There are nine faces in this picture !
Number of ratings : 48. |
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| Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment - Salvador Dalí |
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 The face of Mae West, which on closer sight appears to be a room. Her eyes are paintings and her hair are curtains on the sides. Her mouth is a couch.
Number of ratings : 65. |
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:: 1935 :: Poster |
| Movement in Squares, Movement in Squares - Bridget Riley |
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 A well-known example of Op-art.
Number of ratings : 83. |
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:: 1961 :: Poster |
| Lupe Velez, Lupe Velez - Octavio Ocampo |
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 On closer inspection the face of the woman is three people in front of the illuminated wall of a house. Her chin and nose is a woman in a white dress, on the left and the right of her are two men. Her eyebrows are formed by their hats.
Number of ratings : 16. |
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| In the Eye of the Artist: Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci - Sandro Del-Prete |
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 When you look at the painting that Da Vinci is creating, you see that it is very similar to the artist himself. At first sight you might think that there are two portraits of Da Vinci.
Number of ratings : 23. |
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