
Visual Allusions
Pictures of Perception
Nicholas Wade(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2017
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-138-20508-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this book a leading researcher and artist explores how we see pictures and how they can communicate messages to us, both directly and indirectly by making allusions to objects in space or to stored images in our minds. Originally published in 1990, Dr Wade provides fascinating examples of pictures that communicate hidden messages, either by implying something else, or by a shape or portrait which is carried covertly within another design. He analyses image processing stages in vision, demonstrating that the various stages may be related to styles in representational art. He shows how the way we have been taught to look at and recognise objects, affects the way we see them. The book lavishly illustrates with original examples of visual allusions and includes detailed practical advice on how photographers and designers can create them. Essential reading for photographers, designers, artists, people in film and television, and anyone involved in visual science , visual communication and advertising.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-20508-6 (9781138205086)
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Content
Preface 1. Images of Vision 2. Pictures as Allusions 3. Literal Pictures 4. Visual Allusions 5. Pictures and Perception. Appendix 1: High-contrast Photographic Techniques. Appendix 2: The Combination of Graphics with Photography. Author Index. Subject Index