Started by Lena Kowalski (@lena_k) ·
the Parthenon has almost no straight lines
Columns bulge slightly, lean inward, and the floor curves up in the middle. All so the building looks straight to human eyes.
4 sources · 26 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “parthenon optical corrections”
- Ended at
- Optical illusion
The Trail
- “parthenon optical corrections” (google.com)
- Parthenon (en.wikipedia.org)
- Entasis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Optical illusion (en.wikipedia.org)
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