Writes Faena Aleph:
The notion of the impossible object, in practice, is relatively remote. As well as some elementary examples (such as drawings that are made of three dimension objects on a flat surface; for example a cube), one that stands out especially is the Three Hare motif, an emblem that beyond its symbolic and esoteric implications, is also, and probably not coincidentally, an optical illusion: there are only three ears for three animals that, on their sides and forming a circle seem to have each their pair of ears, but while the eye observes each animal in relation to the others, we can appreciate they all have at the same one and two ears, which they share but also belong to each. Following this format, the Three Hares where especially popular among Medieval Christians, especially in western England (there the motif is present in many churches) and some regions in France and Germany.
See also the previous posts:
• Ancient and Enigmatic
• Three Hare Tor
• Sacred
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