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The eyes of Leonardo da VinciΓÇÖs
Mona Lisa appear to be looking
at you whether you are in front
or to the side of the picture.
Understanding the nature of
distortion or its absence in
looking at pictures can help us
explain some curious effects of
picture perception. Perhaps the
best known is the impression
we have that the eyes in
pictures of faces always seem to
be looking at us no matter how
far off to the side we stand. This
is of course only true when the
person in the picture has been
painted or photographed as
looking at the location of the
painterΓÇÖs eye or the lens of the
camera, such as in the painting
shown on the facing page. A
personΓÇÖs head may of course be
variously positioned when
looking at a photographer or
painter. If the head is turned
toward the camera or artist, the
pupil would be centered with
respect to the eye; if the head is
turned away, the eyes would be