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    Perspective and Other Optical Illusions (Wooden Books) (Hardback) By (author) Phoebe McNaughton

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    Short Description for Perspective and Other Optical Illusions Beginning with the evolution of visual perspective, McNaughton reveals how and why illusions work. She offers optical illusions to suggest to readers that the world they perceive is in fact a complex product of their brains, constructed from the sensory data. Illustrations.
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    Title
    Perspective and Other Optical Illusions
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Phoebe McNaughton
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 58
    Width: 153 mm
    Height: 172 mm
    Thickness: 11 mm
    Weight: 172 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780802716330
    ISBN 10: 0802716334
    Classifications
    Dewey: 701.82
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T1.1
    Dewey: 701.82
    BISAC category code: ART050000
    LC classification: N
    BISAC category code: ART000000
    Illustrations note
    illustrations
    Publisher
    Walker & Company
    Imprint name
    Walker & Company
    Publication date
    30 October 2007
    Publication City/Country
    New York, NY/US
    Main description
    A thinking person’s guide to reality.   The science of perspective has informed the representational and decorative arts since their inception, and its gradual perfection during the Renaissance was as important an event as any of the other mathematical and scientific developments of the time. Beginning with the evolution of visual perspective, Phoebe McNaughton reveals how and why illusions work in the first place. Questioning the idea that what we see is actually what is out there, she offers further optical illusions to suggest to readers that the world they perceive is in fact a complex product of their brain, constructed from the sensory data. Closing with various magical, theological, and atmospheric illusions and a further philosophical discussion of the nature of reality, Perspective will appeal widely to artists, designers, architects, and anyone interested in the visual or graphic arts.