the anamorphic imagerhammack/adrian.pdf · sidewalk drawings by julian beever. floor drawings by...

The Anamorphic Image

Richard HammackVirginia Commonwealth University

Spanish, c. 1180 English, c. 1270 Lippo Memmi (Italian, Sienese) c. 1340

Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1300

Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1300

Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1300

Giotto di Bondone

Homage of a Simple Man Meeting at the Golden Gate

(detail) 1295–1300 1304–1306

Giotto di Bondone

Homage of a Simple Man Meeting at the Golden Gate

(detail) 1295–1300 1304–1306

Fra Angelico c. 1450

Fra Angelico c. 1450

The Inventors of Perspective

Filippo Brunelleschi1377–1446

Leone Battista Alberti1404–1472

Piero della Francesca1412–1492

The Inventors of Perspective

Filippo Brunelleschi1377–1446

Leone Battista Alberti1404–1472

Piero della Francesca1412–1492

The Inventors of Perspective

Filippo Brunelleschi1377–1446

Leone Battista Alberti1404–1472

Piero della Francesca1412–1492

The Inventors of Perspective

Filippo Brunelleschi1377–1446

Leone Battista Alberti1404–1472

Piero della Francesca1412–1492

Federigo da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza

From Peiro della Francesca’s book On Perspective for Painting, c. 1475

From Peiro della Francesca’s book On Perspective for Painting, c. 1475

Piero della Francesca, The Flagellation of Christ, 1460

Piero della Francesca, The Flagellation of Christ, 1460

Piero della Francesca, 1473Virgin and Child with Saints, Angels, and Federigo da Montefeltro

Piero della Francesca, 1473Virgin and Child with Saints, Angels, and Federigo da Montefeltro

Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533

Anamorphosis

Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533

Anamorphosis

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D

A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

How to make an anamorphosis

A

B C

D A′

B′

V

D′

C ′

Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1505

Erhard Schon, c.1531-4

Guillaume Scrots, 1546King Edward VI

Istvan Orosz (1981)

Istvan Orosz (1981)

Istvan Orosz (1997)

Istvan Orosz (1997)

Istvan Orosz (1997)

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX

HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX

HOAX

HOAX HOAX

HOAX HOAX

Sidewalk Drawings by Julian Beever

Floor Drawings by Kurt Wenner