Techniques Of Illusion

Author : Katharina Rein
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000891485

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Techniques of Illusion by Katharina Rein Pdf

This book explores stage conjuring during its “golden age,” from about 1860 to 1910. This study provides close readings highlighting four paradigmatic illusions of the time that stand in for different kinds of illusions typical of stage magic in the “golden age” and analyses them within their cultural and media-historical context: “Pepper’s Ghost,” the archetypical mirror illusion; “The Vanishing Lady,” staging a teleportation in a time of a dizzying acceleration of transport; “the levitation,” simulating weightlessness with the help of an extended steel machinery; and “The Second Sight,” a mind-reading illusion using up-to-date communication technologies. These close readings are completed by writings focusing on visual media and expanding the scope backwards and forwards in time, roughly to 1800 and to 2000. This exploration will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre and performance studies.

Author : Jonathan Stephen Harris
Publisher : Walter Foster
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781633223554

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The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions by Jonathan Stephen Harris Pdf

From impossible shapes to three-dimensional sketches and trick art, you won't believe your eyes as you learn to draw optical illusions in graphite and colored pencil. Perfect for beginning artists, The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions begins with a basic introduction to optical illusions and how they work. Jonathan Stephen Harris then guides you step-by-step in creating mind-blowing pencil drawings, starting with basic optical illusions and progressing to more difficult two- and three-dimensional trick art. Perspective and dimension are difficult to capture for both beginning and established artists, but now you can hone those skills in the most unique way possible, while also exercising your mind with these brain-boosting, unbelievable tricks!

Author : Arie Wallert,Erma Hermens,Marja Peek
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995-08-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892363223

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Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice by Arie Wallert,Erma Hermens,Marja Peek Pdf

Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Author : Peter Boerboom,Tim Proetel
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781631594359

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Drawing Perspective Methods for Artists by Peter Boerboom,Tim Proetel Pdf

Learn how to create the illusion of three-dimensional space in your drawings It is as mundane as it is astounding: placed in the right way, a couple of lines on paper create three-dimensional space. To be more exact, the illusion of space. The interest in three-dimensional drawing may initially arise from the intention to depict visible reality. However, the creation of depth is a fascinating challenge in every artistic composition. Drawing Perspective Methods for Artists is suitable for beginners and professionals alike. Authors Peter Boerboom and Tim Proetel have arranged, commented on, and with a guiding hand intuitively and tangibly presented 85 fundamental methods of three-dimensional illustration, offering a refreshing, simple approach to the graphic depiction of three-dimensionality.

Author : Michael English
Publisher : Collins & Brown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X001784228

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The Anatomy of Illusion by Michael English Pdf

Author : Florian Heine
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791386799

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The Art of Illusion by Florian Heine Pdf

Discover how artists have been tricking the human eye for centuries in this gorgeous and wide-ranging exploration of the art of illusion. This spellbinding look at the history and development of illusionistic art reveals wide-ranging techniques that have piqued the public's fascination with this medium. Beautifully reproduced, the images featured in the book includes centuries-old work such as the scenery at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy, and the ceiling frescos at the Würzburg Residence in Germany, that showcase processes such as trompe l'oeil and anamorphosis. It also features work from the 20th and 21st centuries, including René Magritte's classic Surrealist works; M.C. Escher's magical and mathematically precise drawings; the seemingly undulating paintings of Bridget Riley; the manipulated photography of Andreas Gursky; Duane Hanson's eerily lifelike sculptures; JR's larger-than-life portrait photographs; and Georges Rousse's mind-bending constructions. The book also has examples of amazing street art including subway graffiti and a sidewalk painting that makes pedestrians think twice. This extraordinary and informative guide to all kinds of artistic trickery will satisfy scholars as well as everyday fans.

Author : Stefan Pabst
Publisher : Walter Foster
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781633221710

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The Art of 3D Drawing by Stefan Pabst Pdf

Artists won't believe their eyes as they learn to draw with photorealistic detail. The Art of 3D Drawing shows artists how to transform simple pencil sketches into jaw-dropping, photorealistic masterpieces. Through a variety of step-by-step exercises and demonstrations, pencil artists learn to take their drawing skills to a whole new level, beginning with a review of the basics, including perspective, shading, rendering textures, and building dimension. Practice lessons then demonstrate how to draw a range of subjects in realistic detail, from food and candy wrappers to animals and portraits. Finally, aspiring artists learn to use color media, including pencils and airbrushing, to add even greater dimension and realism to their artwork to complete their three-dimensional masterpieces.

Author : William Barrett
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015049618211

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The Illusion of Technique by William Barrett Pdf

Author : Frederick Burwick,Walter Pape,University of California (System). Humanities Research Institute
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110117509

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Aesthetic Illusion by Frederick Burwick,Walter Pape,University of California (System). Humanities Research Institute Pdf

Author : Tom Savini
Publisher : Imagine (PA)
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Film makeup
ISBN : UCSC:32106009529527

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Grande Illusions by Tom Savini Pdf

Author : Peter Boerboom,Tim Proetel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781631593031

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Drawing Perspective Methods for Artists by Peter Boerboom,Tim Proetel Pdf

Learn how to create the illusion of three-dimensional space in your drawings It is as mundane as it is astounding: placed in the right way, a couple of lines on paper create three-dimensional space. To be more exact, the illusion of space. The interest in three-dimensional drawing may initially arise from the intention to depict visible reality. However, the creation of depth is a fascinating challenge in every artistic composition. In this volume, Peter Boerboom and Tim Proetel have arranged, commented on, and with a guiding hand intuitively and tangibly presented the fundamental methods of three-dimensional illustration. For laymen and professionals alike, this book offers a refreshing, simple approach to the graphic depiction of three-dimensionality.

Author : Sendpoints
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Commercial art
ISBN : 9887928356

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Designing Graphic Illusions by Sendpoints Pdf

Optical illusions can be seen everywhere in our lives, from interior design, installation, 3D art, product, to brand identity, book cover, and typeface design. They can always draw a wide public attention and bring economic benefits. This book has summarized 14 principles of visual illusion and 8 creation techniques, and included more than 60 amazing optical illusion artworks. Most important, it enables readers to create visual illusion flexibly and effectively either for personal interest or for commercial project.

Author : Ingrid Geelen,Delphine Steyaert
Publisher : Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Color decoration and ornament
ISBN : 2930054115

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Imitation and Illusion by Ingrid Geelen,Delphine Steyaert Pdf

In the late Middle Ages luxurious textiles were among the most highly prized indicators of status and wealth and an essential requirement of prestigious secular and ecclesiastical life. The depiction of these sumptuous silks and gold brocades was a crucial element in the visual arts, and their realistic and recognizable representation was a challenge to every artist. Painters and polychromers strove to imitate the fashionable fabrics by using applied brocade, a highly sophisticated form of relief decoration that adhered to panel paintings, murals and sculpture and through the play of light and shadow evoked the dazzling illusion of gold-brocaded cloths. Imitation and Illusion is the result of a detailed study of applied brocade in the art of the Low Countries. Eleven fascinating and innovative chapters offer an in-depth examination of the historical, geographical, morphological and technical aspects of this cast tin relief technique. New light is also shed on artistic collaboration and workshop practice in the fifteenth and early sixteenth century. The catalogue includes 86 well known and lesser known panel and wall paintings, sculptures, altarpieces, and architectural elements produced between 1420 and 1540, decorated with applied brocade and providing stunning testimony to the visual variety and material magnificence of late-medieval art. Abundantly illustrated, Imitation and Illusion investigates the artistic production of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Low Countries from an intriguing and original perspective. It represents a significant contribution to our understanding of medieval polychromy and will appeal to everyone whose curiosity is aroused by the illusionistic ingenuity of the medieval artist.

Author : Sophia Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798609754486

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3d Drawing and Optical Illusions by Sophia Williams Pdf

You don't have to be a magician (David Copperfield, David Blaine, David ... you get the idea) to fool the eye into seeing something that isn't there. In fact, all you need to pull off a mind-bending, look-twice trick is a piece of paper, some colored pencils or markers and the fun op-art technique I'm about to teach you.

Author : Luca Giuliani
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226297651

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Image and Myth by Luca Giuliani Pdf

On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece—but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? In Image and Myth, Luca Giuliani tells the stories behind the pictures, exploring how artists of antiquity had to determine which motifs or historical and mythic events to use to tell an underlying story while also keeping in mind the tastes and expectations of paying clients. Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, Giuliani describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. He reveals that developments in Greek vase painting were driven as much by the times as they were by tradition—the better-known the story, the less leeway the artists had in interpreting it. As literary culture transformed from an oral tradition, in which stories were always in flux, to the stability of written texts, the images produced by artists eventually became nothing more than illustrations of canonical works. At once a work of cultural and art history, Image and Myth builds a new way of understanding the visual culture of ancient Greece.