Bibliograph

Masters of deception, Escher, Dali & the artists of optical illusion, Al Seckel ; foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Type

Label

Masters of deception, Escher, Dali & the artists of optical illusion, Al Seckel ; foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Masters of deception

Oclc number

54677815

Responsibility statement

Al Seckel ; foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Sub title

Escher, Dali & the artists of optical illusion

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), father of composite portraits -- Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), the great paranoiac -- Sandro del Prete (1937- ), creator of illusionary worlds -- Jos de Mey (1928- ), creator of impossible worlds -- M.C. Escher (1898-1972) -- Shigeo Fukuda (1932- ), the emperor of Asobi -- Rob Gonsalves (1959- ), magic realism -- Matheau Hamaekers (1954- ), founder of optical constructivism -- Scott Kim (1955- ), the Escher of the alphabet -- Akiyoshi Kitaoka, illusion op art -- Ken Knowlton (1931- ), master of composite portraits -- Guido Moretti (1947- ), transforming sculptures -- Octovio Ocampo (1943- ), ambiguous portraits -- István Orosz (1951- ), master of the anamorphosis -- John Pugh (1957- ), master of trompe l'oeil -- Oscar Reutersvärd (1915-2001), father of impossible figures -- Roger Shepard (1929- ), mind sights -- Dick Termes (1941- ), termespheres -- Rex Whistler (1905-1944), topsy turvy charactures -- Recommended reading -- Artist contact and website information -- Index

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