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Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
44 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seeing is believing. But what if you simply can't believe your eyes? Dive into another dimension and experience the eye-boggling and brain-twisting extremes of these awesome optical illusions. This mind-bending collection of visual puzzles will amaze your friends, mystify your family and even blow your own mind!
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces stand-up magic tricks that readers can perform in front of a large audience. Readers learn how to create all of the necessary props themselves, with everyday materials such as boxes, colored paper, and cloth. The book also explores optical illusions, large and small, including some that can be presented in a magic show.
Author
Series
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Children love to be fooled--and artists are some of the greatest tricksters around. This collection features artworks that incorporate a variety of methods for tricking our eyes: including trompe l'oeil, clever uses of color and perspective, Surrealism, and Photo-Realism. Arranged thematically, each work is presented in a two-page spread. Lively texts explain the methods the artists employed to shape their illusions. Reproduced in vibrant color, these...
11) Visual Illusions
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
Español
Description
La habilidad y el ingenio para realizar efectos sorprendentes e inexplicables han sido siempre los rasgos fundamentales de la magia. Los juegos aquí explicados le permitirán desarrollar sus propias habilidades. * Las cartas de la baraja española, las de la francesa o las de póquer sirven en este libro para mostrar cómo se realizan apasionantes juegos basados en curiosas combinaciones matemáticas. * Unos cálculos extremadamente sencillos que...
13) Everyday Magic: Magic Tricks to Shock Using What is in Your Pocket - Coins, Notes, Handkerchiefs
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
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!
Author
Language
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of sleight of hand magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike and is the perfect introduction to magic of this type. Its 88 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of 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 drawings and explanatory diagrams This book...
Author
Language
English
Description
This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike. Its 52 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of 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 drawings and explanatory diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The...
Author
Language
English
Description
This text details a number of Houdini's famous tricks and techniques, offering comprehensive explanations of how the master escape artist achieved some of his most baffling and impressive tricks. Complete with detailed descriptions of the feats and information on the man behind them, this is a text that will greatly appeal to those with an interest in Houdini and in escapology in general. The chapters of this book include: 'Houdini as Handcuffed King',...
Author
Language
English
Description
Gianni Sarcone offers an approachable how-to for graphic designers, teachers, and artists who want to explore illusions that are distorted in size or create the perception of movement. Amateur illusionists are invited to draw curves that diverge and converge, diamonds that vibrate and flicker, hypnotic spirals, ghosts, and ambiguous figures, and many other visual tricks.
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