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Vision, Illusion and Perception Ser.: Art and Illusionists by Nicholas Wade (2016, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSpringer International Publishing A&G

ISBN-103319252275

ISBN-139783319252278

eBay Product ID (ePID)217153313

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXii, 386 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameArt and Illusionists

Publication Year2016

SubjectSignals & Signal Processing, Life Sciences / General, General, Optical Illusions

TypeTextbook

AuthorNicholas Wade

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science, Games & Activities

SeriesVision, Illusion and Perception Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight26.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Wade draws on his many years of research and teaching to weave a winding narrative that is both informative and engaging. The science is clear without being patronising and gives an excellent overview for a nonspecialist audience. The ample bibliography and thorough indices encourage the reader to pursue the ideas that catch their eye and make this a valuable reference for a reader with more knowledge of the field." (Shelley James, Perception, November, 2016) "This book provides a comprehensive overview of illusions as art as well as of the artist and scientists who developed them, it is perhaps most useful as a text or supplement in an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level course on vision, art, or design. However, given the comprehensive collection of visual illusions, it may also be useful for visual perception researchers who have appreciation for art or artists who have an appreciation for visual perception." (Jeffrey B. Wagman, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (25), 2016), "This book provides a comprehensive overview of illusions as art as well as of the artist and scientists who developed them, it is perhaps most useful as a text or supplement in an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level course on vision, art, or design. However, given the comprehensive collection of visual illusions, it may also be useful for visual perception researchers who have appreciation for art or artists who have an appreciation for visual perception." (Jeffrey B. Wagman, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (25), 2016)

Series Volume Number1

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal152.14

Table Of ContentIntroduction.- Perspective Paradoxes.- Trompe l'oeil.- Mosaics and Tiling.- Impossible Figures.- Surrealism.- Geometrical Optical Illusions.- Ambiguity.- Hidden Images.- Word and Image.- Colour.- Contrast.- Faces.- Scintillation and Apparent Motion.- Moiré and Motion.- Stereoscopic Vision.

SynopsisWe delight in using our eyes, particularly when puzzling over pictures. Art and illusionists is a celebration of pictures and the multiple modes of manipulating them to produce illusory worlds on flat surfaces. This has proved fascinating to humankind since the dawning of depiction. Art and illusionists is also a celebration of the ways we see pictures, and of our ability to distil meaning from arrays of contours and colours. Pictures are not only a source of fascination for artists, who produce them, but also for scientists, who analyse the perceptual effects they induce. Illusions provide the glue to cement the art and science of vision. Painters plumb the art of observation itself whereas scientists peer into the processes of perception. Both visual artists and scientists have produced patterns that perplex our perceptions and present us with puzzles that we are pleased to peruse. Art and illusionists presents these two poles of pictorial representation as well as presenting novel 'perceptual portraits' of the artists and scientists who have augmented the art of illusion. The reader can experience the paradoxes of pictures as well as producing their own by using the stereoscopic glasses enclosed and the transparent overlay for making dynamic moiré patterns., Fantastic colourful kaleidoscope celebrating optical illusions and their creators The multitude of original pictures are not only a source of fascination for artists, who produce them, but also for scientists, who analyze the perceptual effects they produce Includes a variety of new pictures and "perceptual portraits" created by the author "Art and Illusionists" is a celebration of pictures and the multiple modes of manipulating them to produce illusory worlds on flat surfaces The book is also a celebration of the ways we see pictures, and of our ability to distil meaning from arrays of contours and colours Includes hands-on-material such as a single grating transparencies, moving patterns or a red/cyan spectacle Unlike other books on the topic the book also concentrates on the illusionists - that is, the artists and scientists who produced paradoxical pictures, who are celebrated in new 'perceptual portraits' A wonderful combination of science, arts - and joy Includes a variety of new pictures and "perceptual portraits" created by the author, who is a leading scientists and artist in the field

LC Classification NumberTK5102.9