Art Pieces

Introducing Books/ Iranian Art: Collecting Iranian Art Pieces for Victoria and Albert Museum, Mohammad Javad Ahmadinia

Art pieces that 'move' in our minds--an explanation of illusory motion based on depth reversal.

Certain art forms, such as Patrick Hughes's 'reverspectives', Dick Termes's 'Termespheres', intaglios, and hollow masks, appear to move vividly as viewers move in front of them, even though they are stationary. This illusory motion is accompanied by a perceived reversal of depth, where physical convex and concave surfaces are falsely seen as concave and convex, respectively. A geometric explana...

Two Pieces by Dewey 1 Running head : TWO PIECES BY DEWEY Reflections on Two Pieces

Focus: Missing Pieces

Stem Cells and Cancer: The Medical Mystery of the 21st Century Cancer, which is characterized by abnormal cell proliferation that leads to uncontrolled tumor growth, is a leading cause of death worldwide (7.4 million deaths in 2004). Scientists have focused on the biological mechanism of tumor formation in an attempt to develop well-informed, effective cancer treatments that slow or halt the pr...

Pulling the Pieces Together: