Unravels the tricks of master-illusionists, demonstrating how readers can create their own creative and personalised illusions, with step-by-step exercises. Also takes an in-depth look at artists such as M.C. Escher and Magritte.
Unravels the tricks of master-illusionists, demonstrating how readers can create their own creative and personalised illusions, with step-by-step exercises. Also takes an in-depth look at artists such as M.C. Escher and Magritte.
This book is both a philosophical enquiry into the nature of depiction and a critical study of particular artists : Donatello, Rembrandt, Chardin and Hogarth. It examines how the materials and procedure of the painter or sculptor are absorbed into imagining the subject.
In this book the authors investigate how iconology as a field and method, which originated within art history, relates to recent developments in the Humanities such as Anthropology and Visual Studies. The main questions are: How has iconology evolved in the past decennia, could …
In this book the authors investigate how iconology as a field and method, which originated within art history, relates to recent developments in the Humanities such as Anthropology and Visual Studies. The main questions are: How has iconology evolved in the past decennia, could …
In this book the authors investigate how iconology as a field and method, which originated within art history, relates to recent developments in the Humanities such as Anthropology and Visual Studies. The main questions are: How has iconology evolved in the past decennia, could …
Molyneux's question and the history of philosophy
"In 1688 the Irish scientist and politician William Molyneux sent a letter to the philosopher John Locke. In it, he asked him a question: could someone who was born blind, and able to distinguish a globe and a cube by touch, be able to immediately distinguish and name these shap…
"In 1688 the Irish scientist and politician William Molyneux sent a letter to the philosopher John Locke. In it, he asked him a question: could someone who was born blind, and able to distinguish a globe and a cube by touch, be able to immediately distinguish and name these shap…
"In 1688 the Irish scientist and politician William Molyneux sent a letter to the philosopher John Locke. In it, he asked him a question: could someone who was born blind, and able to distinguish a globe and a cube by touch, be able to immediately distinguish and name these shap…