Dalí's Optical Illusions

Dalí's Optical Illusions

Author: Salvador Dalí

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0300081774

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Explores Dali's experiments with perspectives, offering more than one hundred color and sixty-one black and white illustrations of the artist's optical illusions.


Masters of Deception

Masters of Deception

Author: Al Seckel

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781402705779

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Rings of seahorses seem to rotate and butterflies seems to transform into warriors right on the page. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Includes an illuminating Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hofstadter.


The Art of the Illusion

The Art of the Illusion

Author: Brad Honeycutt

Publisher: Imagine Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936140718

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While even the simplest of illusions please, this stunning volume showcases over 200 of the finest images from around the world. Artists include Rafael Olbinski, Rob Gonsalves, Octavio Ocampo, David MacDonald, Gene Levine and M.C Escher. From the most classic optical illusions to complex graphic and painterly designs.


Salvador Dali at Home

Salvador Dali at Home

Author: Jackie De Burca

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2018-10-23

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0711239436

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Salvador Dalí at Home explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dalí's home life and the places he lived, on his life and work. Fully illustrated with over 130 illustrations of his famous work, as well as lesser known pieces, archive imagery, contemporary landscapes and personal photographs, the book provides uniquely accessible insight into the people and places that shaped this iconic artist and how the homes and landscapes of his life relate to his work.


The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions

The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions

Author: Arthur Gilman Shapiro

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 019979460X

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Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. The Compendium is a collection of over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusion creators or by vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms underlying the phenomena. --


The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions

The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions

Author: Al Seckel

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9781402734045

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Contains color and black-and-white illustrations of over three hundred optical illusions, each with brief, explanatory text.


Optical Illusions

Optical Illusions

Author: Al Seckel

Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781554071722

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This intriguing collection contains more than 275 optical illusions that appear to change before your eyes. Al Seckel carefully selected both well-known images, such as Shepard's tabletop, Wade's spiral, Ames room and Rubin's face/vase, and many lesser-known, but no less effective, illusions. Every type of optical illusion is here, along with notes about the science of each visual perception and how the illusions work. Among the baffling images and shapes are: Figure/ground illusions, in which one shape switches into another then back again Ambiguous figures Impossible objects Trompe l'oeil Stereo illusions. With illusions rendered in photography, artwork and computer imaging, and a huge variety of themes and effects, Optical Illusions dazzles both the mind and the eye.


Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Author: Adam G. Klein

Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company

Published: 2006-08-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1617848573

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Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí was a controversial painter, sculptor, and filmmaker, as well as a jewelry, furniture, set, and costume designer. This biography highlights Dalí's childhood, education, art lessons and early Impressionist influence from Ramon Pitxot, work and friendship with filmmaker Luis Bunuel and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, exhibitions, married life, support of the Dali Theatre-Museum, and travels to the United States, France, and England, as well as his interest in optical illusions and his later work combining classical themes and modern science. Sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a phonetics section accompany easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of Dalí's artwork, including Burning Giraffe, Swans Reflecting Elephants, The Persistence of Memory, Galatea of the Spheres, and Mae West's Lips Sofa.