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Art and Illusionists

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Description for Art and Illusionists Hardback. Series: Vision, Illusion and Perception. Num Pages: 386 pages, 350 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AKC; JMR; PDZ; TTBM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
We 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Vision, Illusion and Perception
Condition
New
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319252278
SKU
V9783319252278
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About Nicholas Wade
Nicholas J. Wade is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He received his degree in psychology from the University of Edinburgh and his Ph.D. from Monash University, Australia, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, at Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioural Physiology, Germany. His research is concerned with the representation of space ... Read more

Reviews for Art and Illusionists
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 ... Read more

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