Modeling and rendering Escher-like impossible scenes

Guillermo Savransky; Dan Dimerman; Craig Gotsman

doi:10.1111/1467-8659.00367

Modeling and rendering Escher-like impossible scenes

Guillermo Savransky, Dan Dimerman, Craig Gotsman

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Inspired by the drawings of `impossible' objects by artists such as M. C. Escher, a mathematical theory which captures some of the underlying principles of their work is presented. Using this theory, it is shown how impossible three-dimensional scenes may be modeled and rendered synthetically. A modeling language which enables the description of impossible scenes is proposed and a rendering algorithm which solves for a correct viewpoint and image is described.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	173-179
Number of pages	7
Journal	Computer Graphics Forum
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8659.00367
State	Published - Jun 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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