Amazing Visual Illusions
- Editore:
Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- EAN:
9781848378308
- ISBN:
1848378300
- Pagine:
- 128
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Amazing Visual Illusions
Throughout the book, each image is accompanied by an explanation of how it works, the story behind it - when it was discovered or who invented it first - and the details of exactly why it fools the human brain. The book includes many new and previously unpublished illusions, as well as new adaptations of lesser-known illusions. It also includes works by well-known illusion artists such as Bridget Riley, Salvador Dali, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Oscar Reutersvard, Rene Magritte, Istvan Orosz and Rob Gonsalves.There are chapters on the following subjects: optical illusions from the real world (mirage, refraction, afterimage), ambiguous figures, impossible figures, color adaptation, moving illusions and paradoxical illusions.Packed with inventive and colorful artworks, this will be a popular book with the gift and reference markets.The book provides an interesting take on this fascinating subject, with an emphasis on interaction, education and creative thinking.