Leonardo da Vinci: The Simple Art of Illusion
CARICATURE: LEONARDO DA VINCI
This is an extremely easy illusion of hidden images found within Leonardo da Vinci's works of art.
With a closer look, do you see any additional faces? Thoughout my site I've shown you many examples of this particular simple illusion found within Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and sketches. A seemingly endless array of hidden images found easily once you know how and what to look for.
Sit back and stare at the area, where the two dots are, in the close up above. Suddenly two eyes come into focus revealing a second face.
A third face outlined.
Close up of the third face.
A fourth face outlined.
Close up of fourth face. Can you spot all other hidden images?
Close up of a fith face.
Cropped section from his hair, with lighting enhanced. I see a couple of faces as well as numbers and letters.
With color adjustment, try staring at one spot in the backgound and slowly hidden images slowly begin to appear darker and clearer!
Rotated view. Sit back and give it a little time. See any new images?
Rotated with lighting enhanced. Every new angle, every lighting adjustment reveals more and more hidden images! If you'll just give it time.
Upside down view. I sincerely hope you're seeing the vast number of hidden images that I'm seeing. They're incredibly amazing. Can you find all the others?
Republished from August 1, 2007 archives.
Here's another one:
A close up of a caricature face, but it's an upside down view...
...taken from the following full right side up view of his sketch...
PROFILE OF A BALD MAN: LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Can you find the many other faces cleverly hidden within this sketch?
First give this small size, but full view of the sketch a good look. Try tilting your head to the left. Then to the right. Also I tend to see some of the best illusions of faces if I back away from the sketch, even standing a few feet away and from different angles to my computer screen. Are you seeing them? Just as you catch sight of a new face it suddenly seems to emerge and form into another face then another. It really is incredibly fascinating!
If you're new to my site, WELCOME! You may need a little practice to start seeing what seems like an endless array of hidden images and illusions throughout DA VINCI'S entire body of work. I encourage you to take it on step or at least one work of art at a time. If you have trouble grasping the concept of an illusion or to understand the style of hidden image you're looking for within a particular work of art take a minute to read the accompanying tips.
This is a relatively easy illusion and if you enjoy the thrill of discovery avoid my close ups and outlining, but I PROMISE YOU I haven't come close to outlining or finding everything. I still discover something new every time I look at any of these. Here are more examples:
Left profile big nose cartoon style face. Tilt your head to the left. The bald man's chin becomes the large nose of a second face. See it?
There are several hidden faces here. See the smiling face upper left hand corner?
Here's a close up of smiling face.
An animal?
Here again is the full upside down view. Are you seeing more and more faces? Some are faint appearing partially in the background (outlined second image below.)
Close up of another face.
Outlined, what appears to look like a bird, perhaps?
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