The fore-edge painting hidden in book is plain sight and invisible at a glance, people must unfold the book to find hidden artwork. The historical books below are from Colleen Theisen and the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, which published in the 1800s by Robert Mudie and were titled after the seasons.
The art of fore-edge paintings hidden in books goes back hundreds of years.
Video
Related posts on VUING:
Unconventional mural of women floating in water on sunken ship
Artistic jewelry encapsulating miniature scenes
Amazingly intricate paper art
Incredibly detailed and delicate artistic papercuts
To embed layers of glass in unexpected places
Amazing bronze sculptures by Alain Bellino
Photo-realistic oil paintings of fruit and flowers by Dennis Wojtkiewicz
Impressive sculpture of a huge raindrop resting on the figure's face as he looks up toward the sky
1:60 scale Boeing 777 by paper plane-making wunderkind with paper manilla folders
Massive site-specific geometric drawings tramped in snow and sand
Delicate ceramic blooms and succulents
Delicate fluid bowls by Turkish ceramic artist Aylin Bilgiç
Painting made with coffee cup stains
Ephemeral cairns and mandalas created out of natural materials
Delicate animal sculptures formed by layered paper
Beautiful sculptures made out of discarded keys and coins
Contemporary ceramic art by South Korean ceramicist Haejin Lee
Exquisitely flameworked glass sculptures
Meat sculptures
Before and after drawings tell us "practice makes perfect"