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The transliteration of a Greek word meaning "transformation." An anamorphosis is the transformation of an image so that it is unrecognizable except from a particular point of view or with the aid of a special lens. The strange figure, a distorted skull, at the bottom of Hans Holbein the Younger's painting, "The Ambassadors" (London, National Gallery), is an excellent example of anamorphosis.
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An anamorphic representation depicts a scene or a figure from a deformed perspective. The image, first distorted and unrecognizable, takes on its natural proportions only when viewed from a certain point in space or reflected in a cylindrical or conical mirror.
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