Colorful Optical Illusions

Nurosi, Aki, and Shulman, Mark

ISBN 10: 1402716826 / ISBN 13: 9781402716829

Published by Main Street; Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 2004

About this Item

Pictorial boards, 160 pages, colour illustrations; 21 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "Each of these optical illusions is a masterpiece of colorful design, with visual tricks to confound the mind and please the eye. Just don't trust anything you see at first glance, because it's impossible to judge spatial relations, or even the subject of a picture, accurately. In some cases, the colors themselves deceive the eye, making objects seem larger, smaller, faster, or even better looking than they really are. Hold onto your hats - two fancy stovepipe hats, that is: are they taller than they are wide, wider than they are tall, or the same dimensions? Or try climbing the wild set of stairs: they'll have you going in circles and in squares. Theres plenty of beautifully intriguing fun on these pages." - Publisher. Size: Oblong.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colorful Optical Illusions
• Publisher: Main Street; Sterling Publishing Co., New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402716826
• ISBN 13: 9781402716829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Collectible
• Seller catalogs:
  • Design::Graphic
  • Art Instruction
  • Movements::Optical, Op Art
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES
  • XL: Extra Large

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Synopsis

Each of these optical illusions is a masterpiece of colorful design, with visual tricks to confound the mind and please the eye. Just don’t trust anything you see at first glance, because it’s impossible to judge spatial relations, or even the subject of a picture, accurately. In some cases, the colors themselves deceive the eye, making objects seem larger, smaller, faster, or even better looking than they really are. Hold onto your hats—two fancy stovepipe hats, that is: are they taller than they are wide, wider than they are tall, or the same dimensions? Or try climbing the wild set of stairs: they’ll have you going in circles and in squares. There’s plenty of beautifully intriguing fun on these pages.