![]() ![]() Designed with the curious eye in mind, this book will introduce young readers to beguiling works of art with fresh insight and a new way of appreciating some of the world's most important works of art. Filled with ideas for do-it-yourself optical projects, each chapter focuses on a theme such as color, hidden pictures, and surrealism. Seurat's pointillism, da Vinci's mysterious Mona Lisa, Magritte's playful paintings-within-paintings, Duane Hanson's eerily realistic statues are all explored in detail to discuss the techniques, styles, use of perspective, and composition that implore us to look at them again and again. An American conceptual artist and philosopher, Adrian Piper mentioned there is a distinct. From the Parthenon through examples from nearly every major movement and culture, vibrant works of art are revealed to contain visual tricks, puns, hidden clues and just plain deceit. Color effects, Moire pattern, Optical illusion, Psychedelic art. This fun and informative book takes young readers on a thematic tour of art as illusion. ![]() Painters, sculptors and photographers often try to convince their audiences that the paint is wet the fruit is real the window is open the figure's eyes are following you around the room. If seeing is believing, then artists might be the biggest liars of all. Discover how artists have been tricking the human eye for centuries in this gorgeous and wide-ranging exploration of the art of illusion. Now available in a new edition, this colorful, lively, and endlessly entertaining book for children looks at artistic illusion, showing that art history is rife with tricksters. Archaeologist and art historian Silke Vry is the author of numerous books for children, including Trick of the Eye: Art and Illusion and Colors in Art: Red, Yellow, Blue (both Prestel). Discover how artists have been tricking the human eye for centuries in this gorgeous and wide-ranging exploration of the art of illusion. The book also has examples of amazing street art including subway graffiti and a. ![]()
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