upside-down picture
A picture (or figure) that, when inverted, looks the same or changes into
the picture of a different subject. Possibly the most remarkable examples
of upside-down art were the cartoons drawn by Gustave Verbeek for the Sunday
New York Herald in the early 1900s. The first part of the cartoon is
read normally, then the newspaper is turned through 180° and the second
part read from the same boxes in reverse order. As if by magic, Little Lady
Lovekins transforms into Old Man Muffaroo, a giant fish becomes a giant
bird, and a pouncing tiger turns into a tiger buried under a pile of stones.
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• ILLUSIONS
AND IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES
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