| [I] Oracle question book [message #260472] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 01:16 |
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I was just thinking about Mike Wilks' Ultimate Alphabet for
some reason, and it reminded me of another unusual alphabet
book. On each left hand page was a painting of a letter carved
out of wood, and on the opposite page would be a painting of
something beginning with that letter.
The unusual part was that the book was filled with optical
illusions. Most straight edged letters were varients on the
impossible cube, or impossible triangle, and the curved ones
were mobius strips. The object paintings had oddities when
looked at closely as well.
Does this ring any bells with anyone, or did I imagine it?
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
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| Re: [I] Oracle question book [message #260504 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 10:48 |
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Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
> I was just thinking about Mike Wilks' Ultimate Alphabet for
> some reason, and it reminded me of another unusual alphabet
> book. On each left hand page was a painting of a letter carved
> out of wood, and on the opposite page would be a painting of
> something beginning with that letter.
>
> The unusual part was that the book was filled with optical
> illusions. Most straight edged letters were varients on the
> impossible cube, or impossible triangle, and the curved ones
> were mobius strips. The object paintings had oddities when
> looked at closely as well.
>
> Does this ring any bells with anyone, or did I imagine it?
>
It rings a vague bell with me... but a quick google[1] revealed this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761319417 The Hidden Alphabet, which
certainly doesn't look familiar.
Rob
[1] Other search engines are available
--
There are three types of people in the world: those who can count and
those who can't.
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| Re: [I] Oracle question book [message #260513 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 11:36 |
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Also Sprach robcraine:
>
> Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
<alphabet book>
>> The unusual part was that the book was filled with optical
>> illusions. Most straight edged letters were varients on
>> the impossible cube, or impossible triangle, and the
>> curved ones were mobius strips. The object paintings had
>> oddities when looked at closely as well.
>>
>> Does this ring any bells with anyone, or did I imagine it?
> It rings a vague bell with me... but a quick google[1]
> revealed this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761319417
> The Hidden Alphabet, which certainly doesn't look familiar.
>
> Rob
>
> [1] Other search engines are available
It looks interesting, but no, that's not it.
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
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| Re: [I] Oracle question book [message #260531 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 12:50 |
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"Daibhid Ceanaideach" <daibhidchenedelh [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97B36BE52A486daibhid [at] 130.133.1.4...
> Also Sprach robcraine:
>
>>
>> Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
>
> <alphabet book>
>
>>> The unusual part was that the book was filled with optical
>>> illusions. Most straight edged letters were varients on
>>> the impossible cube, or impossible triangle, and the
>>> curved ones were mobius strips. The object paintings had
>>> oddities when looked at closely as well.
>>>
>>> Does this ring any bells with anyone, or did I imagine it?
>
>> It rings a vague bell with me... but a quick google[1]
>> revealed this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761319417
>> The Hidden Alphabet, which certainly doesn't look familiar.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> [1] Other search engines are available
>
> It looks interesting, but no, that's not it.
>
"Anno's Alphabet: an adventure in imagination." Mitsumasa Anno. A
beautiful book, my copy was pub 1975.
Cheers
NiceOrc
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| Re: [I] Oracle question book [message #260549 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 13:22 |
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Also Sprach NiceOrc:
>>> Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
>>
>> <alphabet book>
>>
>>>> The unusual part was that the book was filled with
>>>> optical illusions. Most straight edged letters were
>>>> varients on the impossible cube, or impossible triangle,
>>>> and the curved ones were mobius strips. The object
>>>> paintings had oddities when looked at closely as well.
>>>>
>>>> Does this ring any bells with anyone, or did I imagine
>>>> it?
<snip>
> "Anno's Alphabet: an adventure in imagination." Mitsumasa
> Anno. A beautiful book, my copy was pub 1975.
That's it! Thank you.
The one I remember best was the picture for Z. A white horse
behind black railings...
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
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| Re: [I] Oracle question book [message #260664 ] |
Sa, 29 April 2006 00:24 |
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"Daibhid Ceanaideach" <daibhidchenedelh [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97B37DFAF4B6Adaibhid [at] 130.133.1.4...
> Also Sprach NiceOrc:
>
>>>> Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
>>>
>>> <alphabet book>
>>>
>>>>> The unusual part was that the book was filled with
>>>>> optical illusions. Most straight edged letters were
>>>>> varients on the impossible cube, or impossible triangle,
>>>>> and the curved ones were mobius strips. The object
>>>>> paintings had oddities when looked at closely as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this ring any bells with anyone, or did I imagine
>>>>> it?
>
> <snip>
>
>> "Anno's Alphabet: an adventure in imagination." Mitsumasa
>> Anno. A beautiful book, my copy was pub 1975.
>
> That's it! Thank you.
>
> The one I remember best was the picture for Z. A white horse
> behind black railings...
>
The same artist must have done Anno's Counting Book then? A very popular
browse at bedtime hereabouts. Such counting we do, and season spotting ..
Louise
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