These simple line drawings are by Japanese artist and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). His drawings do not incorporate typical aspects used to imply motion in a piece of art, yet they "give a strong impression of movement by depicting the human body in highly unstable postures. As new study just published in the journal NeuroReport shows, the figures in the sketches are perceived to be moving because their gravity-defying postures activate regions of the visual cortex that are sensitive to motion."
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