Introduction:; the first anamorphoses; the discovery of perspective; illusionism; curved and discontinuous picture planes; architecture and theatre; perspective cabinets; sixteenth-century perspective anamorphoses; seventeenth-century developments; popularization in the eighteenth century; game section with anamorphoses to try. Fully illustrated with black and white and coloured plates. Translated from the German.

Item number 45265
Category Book
Type Anamorphosis
Dimensions length 243mm; breadth 198mm; thickness 18mm
Language English
Country of origin USA
Related people Fred Leeman (author)

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection