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High and Low
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Perspective
In High and Low (shown to the right), there are multiple disappearing points (definition) used for perspective (definition, or link to examples). Can you find them?


In Another World (shown below), the vanishing point is the center of the picture, but it has three functions. When we look through the bottom picture, the vanishing point serves as a zenith. If we look through the window at the top, the vanishing point becomes the nadir. When we look through the center window, we are faced with what we would normally expect.

The three sets of windows in this print are essentially the same window, but viewed from three perspectives. If you were to move all three sets of windows onto each other, they would coincide or overlap perfectly.



Another World II
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All M. C. Escher works (c) Cordon Art B.V.-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used with permission.

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