Rubin vase
Jarrón de Rubin
- Date
- 1915 · confidence high
- Place
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Credited to
- Edgar Rubin
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
An ambiguous black-and-white figure that can be seen as a white vase or as two facing profiles, devised by Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin to illustrate the figure-ground relationship in visual perception.
What it led to
- The figure-ground concept in Gestalt psychology
- Widespread use in teaching visual perception
- A common icon in studies of optical illusions