Masters of Deception

Following on from mentioning the book The Mind’s I in the last post, I was curious to see whether Douglas R. Hofstadter had published anything else recently. A quick scan on Amazon threw up a rather promising-sounding candidate: Masters of Deception, a book profiling the work of over fifteen optical illusion artists (Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Salvador Dalí, Sandro Del Prete, Jos De Mey, M.C. Escher, Robert Gonsalves, Matheau Haemakers, Ken Knowlton, Vik Muniz, Scott Kim, Guido Moretti, Istvan Orosz, John Pugh, Oscar Reutersvärd, Roger Shepard, Dick Termes, Rex Whistler).

 

However, although the work is listed bearing Hofstadter’s name, it turns out that he only provided the preface. The actual author is Al Seckel.

 

Still, there’s a web site associated with the book that is worth checking out, since as Seckel says, some of the work featured in the book actually requires movement to appreciate the full impact.