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The history of optical illusions in art

Footprints in the sand

Source/credit: Ewallux

This is an illusion of depth ambiguity. The prints look like sculpted feet, but are actually pressed into the sand.
Our brain assumed that light always comes from above. When the shadows do not match that assumption, we struggle to understand depth accurately.