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Illusion
ILLUSION Illusion is an error experienced by someone who is misled (illudere ) by the nature of evidence or the seductive appearance of something that deceives. The deceiver may be personified (Descartes's "evil genius") or limited to a physical or physiological cause (the illusions of the senses),... Read more |
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maya (Hinduism)
maya , in Hinduism, term used in the Veda to mean magic or supernatural power. In Mahayana Buddhism it acquires the meaning of illusion or unreality. The term is pivotal in the Vedanta system of Shankara, where it signifies the world as a cosmic illusion and also the power that creates the... Read more |
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special effects
special effects in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. Some common examples are the use of rear-screen projections, in which previously photographed material is projected behind the... Read more |
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Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Stanton Macdonald-Wright 1890-1973, American artist, b. Charlottsville, Va. Macdonald-Wright was among the first Americans to paint in a totally abstract mode. Together with Morgan Russell , he founded synchromism in 1912. In paintings such as Oriental Synchromy in Blue-Green (1918; Whitney... Read more |
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Zeuxis
Zeuxis , fl. 5th cent. BC, Greek painter. According to tradition he settled in Ephesus, was an intimate (possibly a pupil) of Apollodorus, and aided in developing a technique for painting light and shadow. Although none of his paintings survives, they are known through ancient writings. Pliny speaks... Read more |
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astern
astern, backwards, behind. It is a word employed in two senses in maritime use. (1) In movement, that of a ship going backwards. (2) In direction, directly behind a ship. As an order given to the engine room of a ship for the movement of its engines, it indicates that they must be made to revolve... Read more |
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Arthur Bowen Davies
Arthur Bowen Davies , 1862-1928, American painter and lithographer, b. Utica, N.Y., studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League, New York City. In 1893 he traveled in Europe and exhibited successfully on his return. A president of the Society of Independent Artists, he was... Read more |
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Jean Eugene Robert Houdin
Jean Eugène Robert Houdin or Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin , 1805-71, French conjurer and magician. Originally a clockmaker, he was celebrated for his optical illusions and mechanical devices and for his attributing his "magic" to natural instead of supernatural means. Houdin was... Read more |
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Patanjali
Patanjali Patanjali was an Indian teacher traditionally thought of as the person who gathered and systematized the teachings of meditation and yoga. He is believed to have lived between 200B.C.E. and 450 C.E. However, he is credited with composing the small Sanskrit volume of Yoga Sutras from... Read more |
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Animation
Animation Animation is the art by which two-dimensional drawings or inanimate objects are turned into moving visual representations of three-dimensional (3-D) life. Computer animation uses computer hardware and software to make the animation process easier, faster, and ... Read more |
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illusion
illusion • noun 1. he had destroyed her illusions synonyms: delusion...lighting increases the illusion of depth synonyms...3. it's just an illusion synonyms: mirage...Copperfield's amazing illusions synonyms: (magic... |
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vision
...revelation. 3. saw wild horses in one of his visionssynonyms: dream, hallucination, chimera, optical illusion, mirage, illusion, delusion, figment of the imagination. 4. have visions of a romantic weekendsynonyms: dream, daydream... |
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mirage
mirage • noun synonyms: optical illusion, illusion, hallucination, phantasmagoria, phantasm. |
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trick
...should do the tricksynonyms: be effective, work, solve the problem, fill/fit the bill. trick of the light it was probably just a trick of the light synonyms: illusion, optical illusion, figment of the imagination; mirage. |
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façade
façade • noun 1. the façade of the buildingsynonyms: front, frontage, face, exterior, outside. 2. a façade of friendlinesssynonyms: show, appearance, guise, semblance, mask, veneer, masquerade, camouflage, pretense, illusion. |
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hallucination
hallucination • noun are you sure that what you saw wasn't a hallucination?synonyms: delusion, illusion, figment of the imagination, vision, apparition, mirage, chimera, fantasy; (hallucinations) delirium, phantasmagoria; informal trip, pink elephants. |
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imagination
...ingenuity, enterprise, cleverness, wit. 2. I thought I saw her but it was only my imaginationsynonyms: mental image, illusion, fancy, figment of the imagination, vision, dream, chimera, shadow, phantom, conceptualization, unreality. |
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pie
...See table. phrase: pie in the sky informal they thought her dream of fame was just pie in the skysynonyms: false hope, illusion, delusion, fantasy, pipe dream, daydream, a castle in the air, a castle in Spain.Pies, Tarts, and Turnovers Piesapple... |
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conjuring
conjuring • noun a demonstration of conjuringsynonyms: magic, illusion, sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation. |
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fallacy
fallacy • noun synonyms: mistaken belief, misbelief, misconception, false notion, misapprehension, misjudgment, miscalculation, error, mistake, untruth, inconsistency, illusion, delusion, deceit, deception, sophism; sophistry. |
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Looking at optical illusions
...actually an optical illusion and demonstrates...fascinating visual illusions work, pay a...about optical illusions, you should visit the Focus on Illusion section. There...Photos:Hering illusion: At the Sandlot...about optical illusions.; No trickshere... |
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BRIMMING WITH ILLUSIONS, AU TAKES HOME SECOND PLACE.
...s premier visual illusion research community...beautiful and brilliant illusions submitted this year...as he had two illusions placed in the top...Textures and Faces" illusion with another colleague...says. The Best Illusion of the Year Website...both of Shapiro's illusions on ... |
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Illusion and Disillusion: Core Issues in Psychotherapy
...phase, that has the illusion that he is the source of his own nurture. Illusions are distinguished from...distinction between illusion and fantasy is often...disillusionment, I believe that illusion has to be transcended...example, megalomanic illusions can be tamed and brought... |
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Geometrical haptic illusions: The role of exploration in the Müller-Lyer,...
...of three geometrical illusions well known in vision...underlying these haptic illusions. We argue that the apparently...The Müller-Lyer illusion is present in vision...movements). The Delboeuf illusion seems to occur only...as vision to certain illusions and less sensitive to... |
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Six Political Illusions: A Primer on Government for Idealists Fed Up with...
...Six Political Illusions: A Primer on...are masters of illusion. Adults know...the following illusions: * The Philanthropic Illusion: the idea that...each of his illusions. I will focus...watchful eye" illusion by telling voters... |
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Trading on illusions: unrealistic perceptions of control and trading...
...whether positive illusions are adaptive by...particular positive illusion, illusion of...that positive illusions, and illusion of control in...conducive to control illusions. Hence, we hypothesize...propensity to illusion of control will... |
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The auditory continuity illusion: A parametric investigation and filter model
...salience of the continuity illusion thus depends on the degree...salience of the continuity illusion is further influenced by the...demonstrated prominent continuity illusions with masker durations of 10...duration maskers, however, the illusion tends to fade, evoking percepts... |
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The phantom illumination illusion
...to other brightness illusions (assimilation, neon...phantom illumination illusion derives from processes...in Figure 1A, the PI illusion recalls other brightness...a list of brightness illusions having some aspect in common with the PI illusion. Assimilation (Bezold... |
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Vertical-horizontal illusion present for sighted but not early blind humans...
...line illusion or bisection illusion): When a line is divided...horizontal figure, the bisection illusion would interact with the VHI...figure produces the strongest illusion effect; both effects (bisection...hypothesized that most haptic illusions depend on the same causal mechanisms... |
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`The Illusion' connects with the real illusions of life
...is the same: Kushner's "The Illusion" is not only about the enchantment of illusion, particularly theatrical illusion, but also about its effectiveness...it parallels so exactly the other illusions by which we live. Corneille's... |
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