Eyes Lies And Illusions

Author : Laurent Mannoni,Werner Nekes,Marina Warner,Hayward Gallery
Publisher : Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058897490

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Light and shadow, reflection, colour and motion - these are the primary elements of visual art. Shadow play, tricks of perspective, anamorphoses and magic lanterns have fascinated artists and craftsmen throughout the centuries and continue to inspire and stimulate the imagination to this day. The Art of Illusion explores this world of perceptual paradox through the astonishing collection of the German experimental filmmaker Werner Nekes, and the work of contemporary artists including Christian Boltanski, Carsten Holler, Tony Oursler and Markus Raetz.The Art of Illusion illustrates a vast range of intriguing optical media and artworks from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries - manuscripts, prints and books, optical devices and experiments, early cameras, games and toys. This handsome volume incorporates optical tricks, puzzles and illusions, which are sure to make it a collector's item.

Author : Laurent Mannoni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 185332244X

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Eyes, Lies and Illusions by Laurent Mannoni Pdf

Author : Laurent Mannoni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:784947628

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Eyes, Lies and Illusions by Laurent Mannoni Pdf

Fotografie ; Film ; Sinneswahrnehmung ; Geschichte ; Entwicklung.

Author : Laurent Mannoni,Marina Warner,Werner Nekes,Christian Boltanski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art and technology
ISBN : 192080515X

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Eyes, Lies and Illusions by Laurent Mannoni,Marina Warner,Werner Nekes,Christian Boltanski Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Optical illusions
ISBN : OCLC:271474226

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Eyes Lies & Illusions by Anonim Pdf

Part 1 is a catalogue of an exhibition held at ACMI, 2 November 2006 to 11 February 2007 -- Part 2 contains public programs dealing with vision and perception.

Author : David Dernie
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781856694308

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Exhibition Design by David Dernie Pdf

The way in which the contemporary exhibition is designed is fast changing - previously aloof cultural institutions are making use of technologies and techniques more commonly associated with film and retail. Exhibition Design features a wide variety of examples from around the world, from major trade and commerce fairs, to well-known fine art institutions, to small-scale artist-designed displays. An introduction gives a historical perspective on the development of exhibitions and museums. The first part of the book covers the conceptual themes of narrative space, performative space and simulated experience and the second the practical concerns of display, lighting, colour, sound and graphics. Throughout are photographs, drawings and diagrams of exhibitions, including the work of such internationally renowned architects and designers as Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Atelier Bruckner, Casson Mann, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Imagination, METStudio and Jean Nouvel.

Author : Lloyd Godman
Publisher : PHOTO - synthesis Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781923026124

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Carbon Obscura by Lloyd Godman Pdf

Carbon Obscura is a wordplay on camera obscura, which was an early form of camera used to assist artists to draw a scene during the Renaissance. The work takes photography (drawing with light) to new dimensions, these are cameras like no other, and light becomes animated in waves of fog. The artist takes his intrigue with light and projections to new places and opens portals for the audience allowing them to enter the space of the camera. Initially conceived in 2007 for an installation in the greenhouse at Montsalvat as part of Structure Place and Space curated by Tony Tembath the work enchanted the audience and various versions followed. In this series of works, Godman created darkened spaces and materialized animated images of trees in the dark interior by piercing thousands of tiny pinholes into the opaque membrane that keeps the light out. But the pinholes allow light to leak in. Each pierced opening acted as a pinhole camera and not only allowed light to penetrate the space but also projections from the world outside. These were interactive installations where the audience triggered a fog generator as they entered a darkened space and fog filled the space with rays of light streaming through the waves of mist. The artist constructed various versions of the Carbon Obscuras in France, Morwell, Canberra, and Federation Square in Melbourne. Carbon Obscura was a key aspect to part of the Sustainability Festival at Kernot Hall, Morwell, Victoria in 2008, a major part of VIVID the National Photography Festival 2008 in Canberra, and a centrepiece of ReGenerating Community Arts, Community and Governance National Conference 2009 in Melbourne. The concept behind the work lies in the process of trees using light and photosynthesis to capture carbon. With the audience triggering the fog generator, it suggests we are responsible for our emissions.

Author : Arthur Gilman Shapiro,Dejan Todorović
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199794607

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The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions by Arthur Gilman Shapiro,Dejan Todorović Pdf

Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. The Compendium is a collection of over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusion creators or by vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms underlying the phenomena. --

Author : Stuart Clark
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191562099

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Vanities of the Eye by Stuart Clark Pdf

Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterised as uncertain or paradoxical - mental images no longer resembled the external world. Was seeing really believing? Stuart Clark explores the controversial debates of the time - from the fantasies and hallucinations of melancholia, to the illusions of magic, art, demonic deceptions, and witchcraft. The truth and function of religious images and the authenticity of miracles and visions were also questioned with new vigour, affecting such contemporary works as Macbeth - a play deeply concerned with the dangers of visual illusion. Clark also contends that there was a close connection between these debates and the ways in which philosophers such as Descartes and Hobbes developed new theories on the relationship between the real and virtual. Original, highly accessible, and a major contribution to our understanding of European culture, Vanities of the Eye will be of great interest to a wide range of historians and anyone interested in the true nature of seeing.

Author : Mary Ann Doane
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781478021780

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Bigger Than Life by Mary Ann Doane Pdf

In Bigger Than Life Mary Ann Doane examines how the scalar operations of cinema, especially those of the close-up, disturb and reconfigure the spectator's sense of place, space, and orientation. Doane traces the history of scalar transformations from early cinema to the contemporary use of digital technology. In the early years of cinema, audiences regarded the monumental close-up, particularly of the face, as grotesque and often horrifying, even as it sought to expose a character's interiority through its magnification of detail and expression. Today, large-scale technologies such as IMAX and surround sound strive to dissolve the cinematic frame and invade the spectator's space, “immersing” them in image and sound. The notion of immersion, Doane contends, is symptomatic of a crisis of location in technologically mediated space and a reconceptualization of position, scale, and distance. In this way, cinematic scale and its modes of spatialization and despatialization have shaped the modern subject, interpolating them into the incessant expansion of commodification.

Author : Nicholas Wade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319252292

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Art and Illusionists by Nicholas Wade Pdf

We delight in using our eyes, particularly when puzzling over pictures. Art and illusionists is a celebration of pictures and the multiple modes of manipulating them to produce illusory worlds on flat surfaces. This has proved fascinating to humankind since the dawning of depiction. Art and illusionists is also a celebration of the ways we see pictures, and of our ability to distil meaning from arrays of contours and colours. Pictures are not only a source of fascination for artists, who produce them, but also for scientists, who analyse the perceptual effects they induce. Illusions provide the glue to cement the art and science of vision. Painters plumb the art of observation itself whereas scientists peer into the processes of perception. Both visual artists and scientists have produced patterns that perplex our perceptions and present us with puzzles that we are pleased to peruse. Art and illusionists presents these two poles of pictorial representation as well as presenting novel ‘perceptual portraits’ of the artists and scientists who have augmented the art of illusion. The reader can experience the paradoxes of pictures as well as producing their own by using the stereoscopic glasses enclosed and the transparent overlay for making dynamic moiré patterns.

Author : Eric Renner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781136095337

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Pinhole Photography by Eric Renner Pdf

A respected guide for creatives, artists and photographers alike, Pinhole Photography is packed with all the information you need to understand and get underway with this wonderfully quirky, creative technique. Covering pinhole photography from its historical roots, pinhole expert Eric Renner, founder of pinholeresource.com, fully explores the theory and practical application of pinhole in this beautiful resource. Packed with inspiring images, instructional tips and information on a variety of pinhole cameras for beginner and advanced photographers, this classic text now offers a new chapter on digital imaging and more in depth how-to coverage for beginners, as well as revised exposure guides and optimal pinhole charts. With an expanded gallery of full-color photographs displaying the creative results of pinhole cameras, along with listings of workshops, pinhole photographer's websites, pinhole books and suppliers of pinhole equipment, this is the one guide you need to learn the craft and navigate the industry.

Author : David Groome
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317976097

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An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology by David Groome Pdf

David Groome with Nicola Brace, Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, Michael Eysenck, Tom Manly, Hayley Ness, Graham Pike, Sophie Scott, and Elizabeth Styles. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students. The third edition of this well-established text has been completely revised and updated to cover all the key areas of cognition, including perception, attention, memory, thinking and language. Uniquely, alongside chapters on normal cognitive function, there are chapters on related clinical disorders (agnosia, amnesia, thought disorder and aphasia) which help to provide a thorough insight into the nature of cognition. Key features: Completely revised and updated throughout to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking in the field Accessibly written and including new authors, including Sophie Scott, Tom Manly, Hayley Ness, and Elizabeth Styles, all established experts in their field A new chapter on Emotion and Cognition, written by Michael Eysenck, the leading authority in the field Greater coverage of neuropsychological disorders, with additional material from the latest brain imaging research that has completely revolutionized neuropsychology Specially designed textbook features, chapter summaries, further reading, and a glossary of key terms A companion website featuring an extensive range of online resources for both teachers and students. Written to cover all levels of ability using helpful figures and illustrations, An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology has sufficient depth to appeal to the most able students while the clear and accessible text, written by experienced teachers, will help students who find the material difficult. It will appeal to any student on an undergraduate psychology degree course, as well as to medical students and those studying in related clinical professions such as nursing.

Author : Michael Mangan
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781841509853

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Performing Dark Arts by Michael Mangan Pdf

Magic and conjuring inhabit the boundaries and the borderlands of performance. The conjuror’s act of demonstrating the apparently impossible, the uncanny, the marvellous, or the grotesque challenges the spectator’s sense of reality. It brings him or her up against their own assumptions about how the world works; at its most extreme, it asks the spectator to re-evaluate his or her sense of the limits of the human. Performing Dark Arts is an exploration of the paradox of the conjuror, the actor who pretends to be a magician. It aims to illuminate the history of conjuring by examining it in the context of performance studies, and to throw light on aspects of performance studies by testing them against the art of conjuring. The book examines not only the performances of individual magicians from Dedi to David Blaine, but also the broader cultural contexts in which their performances were received, and the meanings which they have attracted.

Author : Department of Psychology David Groome
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317709978

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An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology by Department of Psychology David Groome Pdf

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.