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Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
316 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
You won't believe your eyes! Graphic artist Robert Ausbourne presents more than 300 optical illusions of all varieties, from classic turn-of-the-century trickery to colorful contemporary illustrations from Ausbourne and other talented artists. Feast your eyes on impossible objects, ambiguous figures, anamorphic illusions, and a range of designs that fool your sense of perception.
15) Visual Illusions
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Visual Illusions, also called Optical Illusions are basically games the eyes play with our brains. They take many forms, there are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement), and cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious...
16) Everyday Magic: Magic Tricks to Shock Using What is in Your Pocket - Coins, Notes, Handkerchiefs
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English
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Not for the faint-hearted, this book contains an impressive variety of magic tricks using small props you might easily carry in your pocket. Its 79 pages contain a wealth of anecdote and information on tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white explanatory drawings and diagrams. This book contains classic material dating...
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From the world's greatest master illusion artists, including Guido Moretti, Tracy Lee Stum, Vladimir Kush, Rob Gonsalves and Bev Doolittle, to Istvan Orosz, John Langdon, Scott Kim, Oscar Reutersvard, and Donald "Rusty" Rust, THE ART OF DECEPTION is not just an ordinary collection of optical illusions. Author Brad Honeycutt has collected 200 of the finest deceptive images ever assembled that will excite both novices and long-time fans of illusion...
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Visual illusions is a fascinating collection of optical illusions, many of which have never before been published in this form. From classic illustrations of impossible figures to drawings of everyday objects which turn out to be extraordinary to scintillating graphic patterns which pulsate and change before your very eyes, the variety of different effects is almost endless!
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English
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Change the Queen of Hearts into the Queen of Clubs, shoot a hole through the Ace of Spades, and toss a deck into the air and make it vanish! This classic guide is loaded with sleights and tricks, from the card palm and the false shuffle to illusions employing coins, handkerchiefs, and bottles. More than 200 illustrations and diagrams illuminate such tricks as how to make a desired card appear, setting up the prearranged pack, and compelling a spectator...
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English
Description
This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of coin tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike. Its 57 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Extensively illustrated with black and white explanatory drawings and diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance...
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