The art of seeing : visual perception of three-dimensional art as two-dimensional, and its presentation in relationship to space

Abstract

Many artists and researchers have dealt with how to transform and make the two-dimensional look three-dimensional. On the contrary, this research aims to analyse how three-dimensional objects may sometimes look two-dimensional (flat). This may result in illusions as the retina will not be able to distinguish the difference between an object and an image. This study compiles collectively subjects about science of vision, theories, space, reality and illusions, historical techniques and artistic projects. The objective of this investigation is to endeavour to make the two-dimensional almost identical to three-dimensional objects and make them visually indistinguishable. As a development of this research and collected knowledge, an experiment using an eye-tracking device will take place. This device analyses the movement of how the retina looks when exposed to sets of objects and images. The result from the eye tracking reveals uncertainty in distinguishing which is the three-dimensional and which is the twodimensional. Therefore this research shows that this illusion is feasible.