[Fig. 1] Man In Armor, Rembrandt van Rijn, Oil on canvas, 54” x 41”, 1655 Apelles and the Birth of Illusionism: Ancient lessons in pa...

Here is a detail from the finished painting, enlarged because I used very small brushes. You can use any background you like. I use...

The human eye is as good a camera as can be made from a scrap of meat and a dash of jelly, but our ever-distrustful brain works hard to ...

In the 1960s, the Italian architecture firm  Superstudio  proposed the eradication of all architectural difference under a ubiquitous gr...

Sommarnoje, Anders Zorn showing lengthened and broken reflections beneath the boat and pier. The post title is a tad misleading, as ...

Francesco Natali created these wonderful baroque quadratura and wall frescos in a little church in Pontremoli, Italy. I'd hoped to wri...