num_pages: 128
description: A journey through the world of Penrose staircase, Necker's cube, Hoogstraten's peepshow and a hundred more explorations of the impossible.This volume contains hundreds of extraordinary images to fool the eye and tease the mind, along with explanations of how they work. Learn how the artists of the Renaissance used the illusion of perspective to create depth, and how Holbein created images only visible from certain angles.Contents:Perspective --Optical confusions --Anamorphic images --Impossible figures --Apparent movement --Stereoscopy --Illusory figures.
language: English
title: Incredible Optical Illusions
titlecomplete: Incredible Optical Illusions
genres: Reference
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Barnes Noble