anamorphosis
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24 sectionsContents
- Types of projection
- History
- Prehistory
- Classical antiquity
- Renaissance
- 17th century
- 18th and 19th century
- 20th century
- Impossible objects
- Ames rooms
- Practical uses
- In the work of contemporary artists
- Sculpture and installation
- Drawing and painting
- Photography
- Street art
- Gallery
- Popular culture
- See also
- Artists
- Sidewalk artists
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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Anamorphosis is a distorted projection that requires the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point, use special devices, or both to view a recognizable image. It is used in painting, photography, sculpture and installation art, toys, and film special effects. The word is derived from the Greek prefix (), meaning "back" or "again", and the word morphe, meaning "shape" or "form". Extreme anamorphosis has been used by artists to disguise caricatures, erotic and scatological scenes, and other furtive images from a casual spectator, while revealing an undistorted image to the knowledgeable viewer.