File:Ambigram Magic Dream - mirror symmetry with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow on a blue wall.jpg
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| Title | File:Ambigram Magic Dream - mirror symmetry with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow on a blue wall.jpg |
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| Commons page id | 92555832 |
| Category | Stencils |
| Description on Commons | Ambigram Magic / Dream . Mirror symmetry (vertical axis) with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow on a blue wall. There is an expression, "it's all done with smoke and mirrors", used to explain something baffling. On the right, a human hand holds a white cloud of paper with holes as letter shapes. Contre-jour photograph, where the word "Dream" cut out within the cloud filters the sunlight to produce a symmetrical shadow on the left, displaying the word "Magic" on a wall. The blue background evokes the sky. Here the trick is immediately revealed through the photography, however it is possible for a conjurer to use the hollow pattern in the cloud of paper, to delude spectators. Mise en abyme is a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself, often in a way that suggests an infinitely recurring sequence (kind of self-reference ). Magical magic. |
| Creator credit (Artist) | Basile Morin |
| Credit line | Own work |
| Date on Commons | 2020-07-19 07:42:58 |
| Licence (LicenseShortName) | CC BY-SA 4.0 — see the licence page |
| Usage terms | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 |
| Licence URL | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 |
| Width (pixels) | 5,494 |
| Height (pixels) | 3,663 |
| File size (bytes) | 8,044,025 |
| File on Commons | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Ambigram_Magic_Dream_-_mirror_symmetry_with_a_handheld_pattern_giving_a_reversed_shadow_on_a_blue_wall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original |
| Commons file page | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ambigram_Magic_Dream_-_mirror_symmetry_with_a_handheld_pattern_giving_a_reversed_shadow_on_a_blue_wall.jpg |
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