Sometimes our eyes don’t see exactly what is actually there, and at times they see things that aren’t there at all. It seems that such visual "tricks" are something exceptional and rare. But that is not the case. Under certain conditions, optical illusions are perfectly natural phenomena.
Since ancient times, architects and artists have known about the peculiarities of how our eyes work and have played with the viewer's perception. To this day, all visual arts take into account and make use of visual illusions. Moreover, without illusions, cinema and certain schools of painting might never have emerged. :
This book collects the most interesting and amazing visual "deceptions," explains why and how they occur, and invites readers to create their own illusions and experiment with them.
After reading this book, you can easily learn to create illusions with your own hands: punching a hole in your palm, "lifting" a drawing off the paper, bringing a picture to life, making thaumatropes, stereograms, and an infinity loop.
Author: Asya Kravchenko
Illustrations: Lidia Lytaeva
Pages: 64 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 220x220x10 mm
