The theories of perspective developed by fifteenth century Italian artists allowed a two-dimensional field to take on the illusion of depth. But perspective can also be stretched and distorted - forcing us to look in a whole new way. Be baffled in this chapter by dioramas, panoramas, perspective boxes and a spectacular walk-in Ames room.
Lantern of Fear in Gulielmo Jacobo's Physices Elementa Mathmatica Geneva 1748
