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Penrose triangle

The impossible triangle - Il triangolo impossibile

 

The Penrose triangle, also known as the tribar, is an impossible object. It was first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934. The mathematician Roger Penrose independently devised and popularised it in the 1950s, describing it as "impossibility in its purest form". It is featured prominently in the works of artist M. C. Escher, whose earlier depictions of impossible objects partly inspired it.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_triangle

 

Visto a Mantova - Seen in Mantova, Italy - C5935

 

Non è un fotomontaggio!!

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