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From the Guardian:
"From second-rate horror films to episodes of Scooby-Doo, ominous paintings whose staring eyes follow a character around the room, no matter where they go, have been used to spooky effect. But now a team of scientists believe they have solved the mystery of how they do it.
A group working on how our brains interpret images found that as long as a character in a painting is looking straight ahead, our brains will perceive they are staring at us, no matter the angle from which we view the painting. A striking example is The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals, the 17th century Dutch painter.
The explanation lies in how we interpret three-dimensional objects portrayed on a flat surface. Real three-dimensional objects look different depending on the angle bec-ause of the changing way light falls across them. But on the flat canvas, shading and light are fixed and the image looks the same from every angle.
James Todd of Ohio State University and co-author of the study said: "If a person in a painting is looking straight out, it will always appear that way, regardless of the angle at which it is viewed."
The scientists, writing in the journal Perception, took hundreds of measurements of 3D images displayed on a computer screen. They found that whatever angle the images were viewed from, they always looked the same.
Jonathan Jones, the Guardian's art critic, said: "It'd be wonderful if people gave art historians the kind of grants that scientists seem to get to research art. Morons."
I mean, we *knew* this already. You don't have to take "hundreds of measurements". Just think about it for a couple of milliseconds.
"From second-rate horror films to episodes of Scooby-Doo, ominous paintings whose staring eyes follow a character around the room, no matter where they go, have been used to spooky effect. But now a team of scientists believe they have solved the mystery of how they do it.
A group working on how our brains interpret images found that as long as a character in a painting is looking straight ahead, our brains will perceive they are staring at us, no matter the angle from which we view the painting. A striking example is The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals, the 17th century Dutch painter.
The explanation lies in how we interpret three-dimensional objects portrayed on a flat surface. Real three-dimensional objects look different depending on the angle bec-ause of the changing way light falls across them. But on the flat canvas, shading and light are fixed and the image looks the same from every angle.
James Todd of Ohio State University and co-author of the study said: "If a person in a painting is looking straight out, it will always appear that way, regardless of the angle at which it is viewed."
The scientists, writing in the journal Perception, took hundreds of measurements of 3D images displayed on a computer screen. They found that whatever angle the images were viewed from, they always looked the same.
Jonathan Jones, the Guardian's art critic, said: "It'd be wonderful if people gave art historians the kind of grants that scientists seem to get to research art. Morons."
I mean, we *knew* this already. You don't have to take "hundreds of measurements". Just think about it for a couple of milliseconds.
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Some have disguises though. Luckily, I'm well-equipped for this kind of terror: I have my 'Cath-dar', and it tingles when they are a-lurking.
"Dis guys in disguise", I'd say.
"Dis guys in disguise", I'd say.
Ah, so you're all set then.
They have beady eyes, fair skin and fangs.
How do you tell if the person's Roman Catholic?
10 points for trying...
That's what my Special Card says.
See, each Hermaphrodite carries a Special Card, to prove that they're a hermaph without actually exposing themselves. It also lists our IQ (to show common peasants that we aren't stupid).
Course, since Roman Catholics don't technically believe in hermaphrodites we have to be careful who we show the card to.
See, each Hermaphrodite carries a Special Card, to prove that they're a hermaph without actually exposing themselves. It also lists our IQ (to show common peasants that we aren't stupid).
Course, since Roman Catholics don't technically believe in hermaphrodites we have to be careful who we show the card to.
Tanoy wrote:
> Well, thanks for reiterating my point. If anyone here requires a
> parrot I'll be sure to pass on your details, mate.
Oh, you're a genius
> Well, thanks for reiterating my point. If anyone here requires a
> parrot I'll be sure to pass on your details, mate.
Oh, you're a genius
Fozz wrote:
> omg. that is such a useful discovery. I must now go and kill myself.
Umm...I think we were supposed to laugh.
Unless he was being serious, in which case we should call the police...right?
> omg. that is such a useful discovery. I must now go and kill myself.
Umm...I think we were supposed to laugh.
Unless he was being serious, in which case we should call the police...right?
omg. that is such a useful discovery. I must now go and kill myself.
Hedfix wrote:
> "I wanted a cure for cancer and all I got was this lousy
> t-shirt"
>
> "I wanted a cure for AIDS and all I got were these lousy
> T-cells"
Genius
> "I wanted a cure for cancer and all I got was this lousy
> t-shirt"
>
> "I wanted a cure for AIDS and all I got were these lousy
> T-cells"
Genius
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