To transform or reshape something, especially in art or optics, by distorting its proportions or perspective so it appears normal only from a specific angle or when reflected.
From Greek ana- (again, back) + morphe (form, shape). The term emerged in Renaissance art to describe paintings that appeared distorted until viewed from a particular angle or through a curved mirror.
Anamorphic art was a medieval game—artists would hide secret messages in paintings that looked like scribbles until you used a curved mirror to 'fix' them, making it the original invisible ink!
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