Masters of Deception: Escher, Dalí & the Artists of Optical Illusion
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 140275101X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great full page pictures, and just plain fun to browse.” Library JournalChildren will find pleasure in this book, alongside their parents.” Wall Street Journal
Rings of seahorses that seem to rotate on the page. Of course, first and foremost, every piece is beautiful on the surface, but each one offers us so much more. These dazzling and often playful artistic creations manipulate perspective so cleverly that they simply outwit our brains: we can’t just take a quick glance and turn away. Butterflies that transform right before your eyes into two warriors with their horses. They compel us to look once, twice, and over and over again, as we try to figure out exactly how the delightful trickery manages to fool our perceptions so completely. From Escher’s famous and elaborate Waterfall” to Shigeo Fukuda’s Mary Poppins,” where a heap of bottles, glasses, shakers, and openers somehow turn into the image of a Belle Epoque woman when the spotlight hits them, these works of genius will provide endless enjoyment.. A mosaic portrait of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau made from seashells
Danno said Beautiful Overview of Art Based on Illusions. This is a beautiful paperback art book that covers a broad spectrum of art related to optical illusions. I've seen it on sale in many locations, including museum gift shops. Escher, Dali, and Arcimboldo are represented (as you'd expect) but the bulk of the book is devoted to a wide variety of artists inspired by either the artists mentioned earlier or various quirks of visual perception. Op Art is well-represented, as are ambigrams, nontraditional portraiture, unabashed. Midnight said Love it!!!!. My second copy. The first arrived with slight damage (hey it happens) and Amazon lived up to their re[putation- a replacement came quick and easy! The book itself is the best of it's kind- realartists, well known and lesser known, but no collections of dumb optical illusions. This is real art, using perspective in ways you never imagined!. Not for kids! This is a very cool book. However, I bought it for my 10 year old & there are some pretty inappropriate pictures in there. I will not be giving him this book. I'll be returning the book & finding a more age appropriate, optical illusions book.