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Book Trick of the Eye

Download or read book Trick of the Eye written by Silke Vry and published by Prestel Junior. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines illusion in art and explores the techniques, styles, use of perspective, and composition that draw people in for repeated looks.

Book Tricks of Eye and Mind

Download or read book Tricks of Eye and Mind written by Larry Kettelkamp and published by William Morrow & Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes various kinds of optical illusions, experiments concerning them, and their use in art and design.

Book Trick of the Eye

Download or read book Trick of the Eye written by Silke Vry and published by Prestel Junior. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines illusion in art and explores the techniques, styles, use of perspective, and composition that draw people in for repeated looks.

Book Amazing Visual Illusions

Download or read book Amazing Visual Illusions written by Gianni Sarcone and published by Arcturus. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 The book includes many new and previously unpublished illusions, as well as new adaptations of lesser-known illusions.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 Dalí, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Oscar Reutersvärd, René Magritte, István 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.

Book A Biography of the Pixel

Download or read book A Biography of the Pixel written by Alvy Ray Smith and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pixel as the organizing principle of all pictures, from cave paintings to Toy Story. The Great Digital Convergence of all media types into one universal digital medium occurred, with little fanfare, at the recent turn of the millennium. The bit became the universal medium, and the pixel--a particular packaging of bits--conquered the world. Henceforward, nearly every picture in the world would be composed of pixels--cell phone pictures, app interfaces, Mars Rover transmissions, book illustrations, videogames. In A Biography of the Pixel, Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith argues that the pixel is the organizing principle of most modern media, and he presents a few simple but profound ideas that unify the dazzling varieties of digital image making. Smith's story of the pixel's development begins with Fourier waves, proceeds through Turing machines, and ends with the first digital movies from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky. Today, almost all the pictures we encounter are digital--mediated by the pixel and irretrievably separated from their media; museums and kindergartens are two of the last outposts of the analog. Smith explains, engagingly and accessibly, how pictures composed of invisible stuff become visible--that is, how digital pixels convert to analog display elements. Taking the special case of digital movies to represent all of Digital Light (his term for pictures constructed of pixels), and drawing on his decades of work in the field, Smith approaches his subject from multiple angles--art, technology, entertainment, business, and history. A Biography of the Pixel is essential reading for anyone who has watched a video on a cell phone, played a videogame, or seen a movie. 400 pages of annotations, prepared by the author and available online, provide an invaluable resource for readers.

Book Mind Blowing Magic Tricks for Everyone

Download or read book Mind Blowing Magic Tricks for Everyone written by Oscar Owen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ultimate guide to mastering the art of magic." —Business Insider "A must-have for any aspiring magician." —Mashable Learn to perform 50 unbelievable magic tricks that will impress and astonish any audience! Features QR codes with links to trick videos for easy learning and visual aid! This delightful book reveals some of magic's best-kept secrets, showing you step-by-step exactly how the tricks are done from multiple angles. Learn easy-yet-mystifying card tricks, awe-inspiring coin tricks, mentalism tricks for reading someone's mind, deceptive bets, and amazing visual tricks that you can do with everyday objects, including how to: Make a pen disappear Levitate a dollar Send a cup through a table Tear a napkin and restore it to its original state Put a need through a balloon without popping it Crack an apple open with your bare hands And more! In addition to these jaw-dropping tricks, this book provides readers with: QR Codes with trick videos for visual aid Practice and performance tips Jokes to use when performing Additional resources And more! Ultimately, by the end of this book not only will you know fifty mind-blowing magic tricks, but you will also know exactly how to perform them confidently. The book is the perfect gift for aspiring magicians or anyone who wants to impress their family and friends!

Book Fixing My Gaze

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan R. Barry
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2009-05-26
  • ISBN : 078674474X
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Fixing My Gaze written by Susan R. Barry and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory account of the brain's capacity for change When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she experienced the sense of immersion in a three dimensional world for the first time. Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships. Tree branches projected upward and outward, enclosing and commanding palpable volumes of space. Leaves created intricate mosaics in 3D. Barry had been cross-eyed and stereoblind since early infancy. After half a century of perceiving her surroundings as flat and compressed, on that day she saw the city of Manhattan in stereo depth for first time in her life. As a neuroscientist, she understood just how extraordinary this transformation was, not only for herself but for the scientific understanding of the human brain. Scientists have long believed that the brain is malleable only during a "critical period" in early childhood. According to this theory, Barry's brain had organized itself when she was a baby to avoid double vision - and there was no way to rewire it as an adult. But Barry found an optometrist who prescribed a little-known program of vision therapy; after intensive training, Barry was ultimately able to accomplish what other scientists and even she herself had once considered impossible. Dubbed "Stereo Sue" by renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks, Susan Barry tells her own remarkable journey and celebrates the joyous pleasure of our senses.

Book Eye Teasers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anna Claybourne
  • Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
  • Release : 2019-07-15
  • ISBN : 1538241811
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Eye Teasers written by Anna Claybourne and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those studying art spend a long time learning about how to create the right perspective. Depending on what's around a tree or animal, the main part of the image can look different, bigger, smaller, closer, or farther away. It's really just a trick. Readers learn how the brain is affected by these optical illusions through accessible content as well as many examples they'll have fun deciphering. Including STEAM concepts including art, science, and engineering, this high-interest volume draws readers in and will engagingly boggle their minds.

Book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Download or read book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain written by Betty Edwards and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a set of basic exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the brain's right hemisphere.

Book Eye Benders

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clive Gifford
  • Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 9781438003665
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Eye Benders written by Clive Gifford and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents examples of optical illusions and discusses how they happen by looking at how the brain and the eyes work together.

Book Eye Tricks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gianni A. Sarcone
  • Publisher : Booksales
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781862004900
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Eye Tricks written by Gianni A. Sarcone and published by Booksales. This book was released on 2007 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with 150 colorful optical illusions, all sourced, designed, and drawn up by archimedes-lab.org, the puzzle and illusion creator. Each image carries an explanation of how it works and details of why it fools the human brain.

Book Eye Tricks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gianni A. Sarcone
  • Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
  • Release : 2009-04
  • ISBN : 9781847323187
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Eye Tricks written by Gianni A. Sarcone and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, fascinating and educational book of optical illusions and eye tricks, created by experts, Eye Tricks takes the reader on a journey around the brain, teaching why we see the way we do, and even how we think!Eye Tricks is a fantastic eye-catching book filled with 150 superb, colorful optical illusion illustrations, all designed and drawn up by archimedes-lab.org, the Italian puzzle and illusion creator. This book contains another huge batch of your favorite eye-boggling images, including previously unpublished optical illusions, as well as new adaptations of lesser-known examples. Each image carries an explanation of how it works and details of why it fools the human brain. There is also a glossary of illusion terms and a gallery of classic illusion types.

Book The Art of Deception

Download or read book The Art of Deception written by Brad Honeycutt and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s greatest master illusion artists, including Guido Moretti, Tracy Lee Stum, Vladimir Kush, Rob Gonsalves and Bev Doolittle, to Istvan Orosz, John Langdon, Scott Kim, Oscar Reutersvard, and Donald "Rusty" Rust, THE ART OF DECEPTION is not just an ordinary collection of optical illusions. Author Brad Honeycutt has collected 200 of the finest deceptive images ever assembled that will excite both novices and long-time fans of illusion art. The spectrum spans from classic optical illusions to art that is "made real from the impossible." This collection includes famous paintings, stunning photographs, and computer enhanced visual eye treats that will make your mind's eye blink twice . . . and then smile. Every image was handpicked to feature a specific segment of the illusory spectrum that has one sole purpose--to illustrate the best artistic presentation possible. With commentary by the artists about their vision and techniques, this is an extraordinary book on the art and science of the illusion.

Book Tricks of the Mind

    Book Details:
  • Author : D. Brown
  • Publisher : CCV Digital
  • Release : 2009-12-23
  • ISBN : 9781407067360
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Tricks of the Mind written by D. Brown and published by CCV Digital. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Mind for Numbers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara A. Oakley
  • Publisher : TarcherPerigee
  • Release : 2014-07-31
  • ISBN : 039916524X
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book A Mind for Numbers written by Barbara A. Oakley and published by TarcherPerigee. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. In her book, she offers you the tools needed to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field.

Book Trick of the Eye

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane Stanton Hitchcock
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2012-06-26
  • ISBN : 0062206559
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Trick of the Eye written by Jane Stanton Hitchcock and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another high-society thriller from New York Times bestselling author Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Trick of the Eye is a tale of art, intrigue, and murder in a world where evil tarnishes privilege and nothing is what it appears to be. Trompe l’oeil artist Faith Cromwell is hired to paint the famed ballroom of an opulent Long Island estate, but her patron is obsessed with the long-unsolved murder of a daughter, and soon Faith begins to piece together the details of the grisly, shocking crime. The deeper Faith delves into the house’s mystery, the more she realizes that she has inadvertently stepped into the starring role of a bizarre, and quite possibly fatal, charade. Like Social Crimes and One Dangerous Lady, Trick of the Eye is another highly sophisticated and deeply compelling mystery from master writer Jane Stanton Hitchcock.

Book Optical Illusions to Trick the Eye

Download or read book Optical Illusions to Trick the Eye written by Rebecca Felix and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budding magicians will love exploring the art of magic with Optical Illusions to Trick the Eye. They will read how famous illusionists fooled their audiences. Then learn how to trick an audience of their own! Kids will follow simple instructions and photos to make squares twist, straight lines wiggle, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.