Magic in Art
Description
Exploring the fact that all paintings create an illusion, this book shows how artists play visual tricks. The various illustrations demonstrate the use of perspective, optical illusions, anamorphisms, trompe l'oeil and op-art tricks. The practical elements of the book entice children to become involved in the subject through the use of simple optical and magical tricks such as making ceilings and walls disappear, eyes follow you around a room and images that appear from nowhere. Just as a magicain can fool us into believeing something we have not really seen, artists throughout the age...
ISBN(s)
1855613573, 9781855613577
