Henri Rousseau Tunnel Book: Take a Peek into a Fantastic Jungle! (Take a Peek series)
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Henri Rousseau Tunnel Book: Take a Peek into a Fantastic Jungle! (Take a Peek series) Details
Review "You'll be mesmerized by this spectacular look into the jungle of French artist Henri Rousseau. A unique viewing experience." —The Bloomsbury Review Read more About the Author Joan Sommers is a book designer and the author of A Sunday on La Grand Jatte Tunnel Book. She lives in Chicago. Read more
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Tunnel books are an old idea in a new form: creating the perspective of depth with 5-6 concertinaed panels of an image. Utilising the work of Henri Rousseau in this respect is almost heartbreaking in its conceptual purity: his beautiful, naive style results in a 3d image of great delicacy. The book needs lots of light to be effective - preferably direct overhead, but changing the light source and direction subtly alters the 3d effect. Play around with it. I know this sounds simplistic! but that's what this is about: some people will flip over this, others will be completely unmoved. Me? It's sitting right next to my monitor, ready to offer a shot of surreal beauty any moment I care.
