Perché alcune immagini diventano famose e altre no, perché ci catturano, stupiscono, ipnotizzano: come funzionano? "Figure" ci accompagna nella bottega di pittori, fotografi, registi, da Raffaello a Stanley Kubrick, rivoluzionando il nostro modo di guardare. Spesso, davanti a un…
Over 250 illustrations are used to prove how art and mathematics are intertwined in the work of M.C. Escher, Salvador Dali and many contemporary artists.
"In this visual journey, author Ivars Peterson guides us to the crossroads of mathematics and art, creativity and imagination - and challenges long-held notions about the ways in which these connect." "Most of us have been led to believe that mathematics is right-brain work, art…
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 mechan…
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 mechan…
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 mechan…
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 mechan…
Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. This collection includes over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusions' creators and vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms unde…
The first inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary work of its kind, this book focuses on the importance of visual culture in the study of classical, Roman, and Christian antiquity. It explores the role of the visual in helping to create a vision of the gods and how commitment …
This volume offers a multifaceted investigation of intersections among visual and memorial forms in modern art, politics, and society. The question of the relationships among images and memory is particularly relevant to contemporary society, at a time when visually-based techno…
