oldest optical illusion in the world

 

The German humor magazine in 1892, displayed an image representing an optical illusion. The image was a drawing of rabbits head viewed to face back and from being a rabbit, many years afterwards the image appeared again in Ludwig Wittgenstein's book titled the philosophical investigations in 1953.  

The philosopher made use of a precedent to show how certain figures could be represented in more than one ways. Many more years later, the duck rabbit is going to show on magazines and websites.

Since human existence, different artists have applied various ways to mislead masses, often they create an impression of depth in flat frescoes with a combination of brushstrokes and shadows, they often call it trompe-l’oeil effect. 

It was made evident afterwards that artists that beautified the cave wall made use of natural bulges of the rock to add depth to their work of art. It’s also worthy of note, the prehistoric artworks are found in the cave of Font-de-Gaume, it is located in France.

Discovery has it that after survey, the cave of Fonte-de-Gaume has drawings and bison that share most features, overlaying images that can be read as one animal. In the Airavatesvara Temple in the Southern India is an existence of another example of an early optical illusion.

It’s displays two animals sharing just a single head. On which ever image you focus, you should view a bull. The temple was said to be built by Chola emperor Rajarara II in 12th century. That also made it the oldest of all time optical illusion in the world. Thanks for reading, if you have any questions or contributions to make, use the comment session.