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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Pareidolia is a creativity tool for artists. Did Doré spot a devilish head in Grünewald's painting? Sources: ※ Matthias Grünewald: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma... ※ Gustave Doré: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gu... See also: snrk.de/how-gustave-...

In 2019 I incidentally discovered (https://snrk.de/page_face-it/) a hidden monstrous head (a devil?) in the painting "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (c. 1512-1516) by Matthias Grünewald (Mathis Gothardt Neithardt). The painting is in a panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece, now located at the Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France.

Later I found out that I was not the first one who spotted that head (https://snrk.de/how-gustave-dore-might-have-played-with-pareidolia/#head). Gustave Doré was faster (1863).

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Pareidolia also is a nice tool which artists can use to annoy art critics. If they "see" hidden objects in paintings and illustrations, embarrassment is nigh. To be on the safe side, you better don't see deniable objects in images.

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Pareidolia Rachel Gordon, does @csail.mit.edu (MIT CSAIL) have tools which could help @snarkhunt.bsky.social (that's another of my accounts) to find more allusions in Henry Holiday's Snark illustrations (see also snrk.de) or in other art? ※ news.mit.edu/2024/ai-pare... ※ snrk.de/playing-with...

AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?
New dataset of “illusory” faces reveals differences between human and algorithmic face detection, links to animal face recognition, and a formula predicting where people most often perceive faces.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL
Publication Date:
September 30, 2024

(Screenshot from https://news.mit.edu/2024/ai-pareidolia-can-machines-spot-faces-in-inanimate-objects-0930)

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#blurring #blurred Sometimes you need to see less in order to see more. Apply some #blur, then you might see "faces" where there are none to be seen with clear sight. But probably only few of them were designed intentionally to trigger #pareidolia. snrk.de/blur/#Hidden...

Screenshot from https://snrk.de/blur/#HiddenDevil

Blurring might help you to see things which you wouldn’t see with clear sight. It’s fine to try that with artwork which might have been intentionally created for such an exercise. But better make sure that it was an artist who created the face that is looking at you. I don’t know whether Mars ever has been inhabited by artists.

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

books.google.de/books/about/...

The World Through Blunted Sight:
An Inquiry into the Influence of Defective Vision on Art and Character

Patrick Trevor-Roper
Souvenir Press, 01.11.2012 - 300 pages

How did faulty or failing eyesight affect the style and technique of writers and artists. How did it affect the way they convey their visual impressions. In a classic study, first published in 1970 and thoroughly revised in 1988, Patrick Trevor-Roper combines his professional knowledge of ophthalmology with his extensive familiarity with art and literature to fascinatingly examine the work of painters, sculptors, poets and prose writers. Looking at the effects of myopia, cataracts, colour blindness, squints and total blindness he speculates on what the impact would have been on artists had they worn glasses. Illustrated with colour reproductions and a wealth of black and white photos, this was a true labour of love from a highly cultured man, erudite and stimulating.

Source: https://books.google.de/books/about/The_World_Through_Blunted_Sight.html?id=LSuGDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When Henry Holiday illustrated Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876), his playing with the #pareidolia of the beholders of his illustrations allows him to hold them responsible for the things (especially the long ones) which they "see". ➜ @finger-in-his-hair.bsky.social

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

More imagination: a devil made from demons.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There is a devil in the detail.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is a detail from "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (c. 1512-1516) by Matthias Grünewald (Mathis Gothardt Neithardt). Compared to the hidden devil in the painting, those demons are quite cute. The guides of the Musée Unterlinden are aware of the hidden face. But do they talk about it to visitors?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYlTZWKlms/ (2026-08-05)

museeunterlinden
Grünewald représente avec brio l'agression démoniaque de saint Antoine : ils sont plusieurs à vouloir le frapper à coups de bâton....

goetz.kluge
Un grand visage de diable est dissimulé dans le tableau.
https://devil.snrk.de

https://x.com/Snark150/status/1340242432726806528 (2020-12-19) retweeted by Musée Unterlinden.

Explanation: https://snrk.de/page_face-it/

This is a detail from "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (c. 1512-1516) by Matthias Grünewald (Mathis Gothardt Neithardt). There is a hidden devil's face in the painting. It is quite large, because it is composed of several objects depicted in the painting. Blurring (https://snrk.de/blur/) the painting a little bit helps to spot the hidden face.

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Ambiguous Snark @finger-in-his-hair.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

How do guides deal with hidden things in paintings? Some have fun.

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

※ www.instagram.com/p/CkYC38vqBHs ※ snrk.de/how-gustave-...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYC38vqBHs

museeunterlinden
Dans ce panneau du Retable d'Issenheim, les démons fait de plumes, d'écailles, de griffes et de cornes agressent saint Antoine...

goetz.kluge
Un grand visage de diable est dissimulé dans le tableau.
https://snrk.de/how-gustave-dore-might-have-played-with-pareidolia/#Unterlinden

Source: https://snrk.de/how-gustave-dore-might-have-played-with-pareidolia/#Unterlinden

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The Hunting of the Snark @snarkhunt.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

#WorldCatDay #InternationalCatDay #CatDay #Kittens Details from a painting by Matthias Grünewald and from an illustration by Henry Holiday to "The Hunting of the Snark", who saw a Kitten in Grünewalds painting. To artists paredolia is a tool.

https://snrk.de/#kitty

[top]: Matthias Grünewald: 'Visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul', retinex filtered, vectorized and color desaturated detail from one of the panels of the Isenheim altarpiece (1512–1516).

[bottom]: Henry Holiday: from an illustration to the chapter "The Beaver’s Lesson" in Lewis Carroll’s "The Hunting of the Snark".

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The Hunting of the Snark @snarkhunt.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Henry Holiday saw a #kitten in the painting when illustrating Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting of the Snark”. #TheHuntingOfTheSnark #MUnterlinden Regrettably, the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar has no BlueSky account yet. On another account they reposted my comparison. (Links in ALT text)

See also https://snrk.de/page_kitty/ and https://snrk.de/wimmelbild/#MatthiasGruenewald

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

※ snrk.de/kitty/ ※ www.instagram.com/p/CtLVfW9K46J/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CtLVfW9K46J/

museeunterlinden
Sur le Retable d'Issenheim, 2 panneaux sont consacrés à saint Antoine.
L'un deux relate la visite de saint Antoine à saint Paul ermite.
Grünewald représente la rencontre des 2 ermites dans un paysage sensé représenter le désert de Thébaïde.
#MuséesEtNourriture #MuséesEtCulinaire #NourritureEtMusées
#NourritureEtCulture #NourritureMW #MuseumWeek

goetz.kluge
Henry Holiday a aperçu deux chatons dans ce tableau lorsqu'il a illustré «The Hunting of the Snark» de Lewis Carroll.
https://snrk.de/kitty/

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

※ snrk.de/kitty/ ※ www.instagram.com/p/CtLVfW9K46J/

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Too bad. Our way of life drives climate change.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Often 'Google It' can be answered with 'I won't do your homework.'

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

What might the bell stand for? The passing of time?

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rutilio_manetti,_tentazioni_di_s._antonio,_1630_ca._05.jpg

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Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Quite some time ago I offered my @munterlinden.bsky.social account to the Musée Unterlinden. "munterlinden" is their name on that toXic platform where Musk manipulates the reach of free speech. But the museum didn't respond. Therefore I decided to keep my "munterlinden" account for myself.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Es gibt Highlights, die man vielleicht mit einem größeren Abstand zum Bild besser sieht.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Initially I thought that I was the first who discovered that devil in the detail. But Gustave Doré probably spotted it much earlier.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Another book cover with Matthias Grünewald's painting.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I highlighted a detail in the front cover illustration.

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

There is more. bsky.app/profile/munt...

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Ich bin nicht der Erste, der die monströse Fratze gefunden hat. Vermutlich ist dieser Teufel schon früher von Gustave Doré entdeckt worden. bsky.app/profile/munt...

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Unterlinden @munterlinden.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Trump probably respects Putin more than Hitler, simply because Hitler ended as a looser.

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