9  ANIMATION OF M.C. 
    ESCHER'S BELVEDERE
 
AWARDS
DIRECTOR
Sachiko Tsuruno
Premiered at Siggraph '97 Electronic Theater
PRODUCER
SOFTWARE
Sachiko Tsuruno
in house, Alias/Wavefront
SUMMARY
HARDWARE
M.C.Escher's lithograph "Belvedere" is a well-known example of an impossible object. When viewed from a fixed spatial position, the elements in such two-dimensional images yield alignments and congruences that give rise to the illusion. Until now, it has been impossible to change the viewpoint when viewing impossible objects. "Belvedere" in this video is the first virtual construction in which an impossible object can be viewed from multiple viewpoints in 3-dimensional space.
Silicon Graphics
CONTACT
Sachiko Tsuruno
Kinki University
11-6 Kayanoinori
Iizuka-City
Fukuoka 820-8555
Japan

Tel: +81.948.225655
Fax: +81.948.230536
sachiko@acm.org