Looking for good 3-d books? Go to Japan!

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

While on the subject of books and computer manipulation, I would like 
to bring to your attention another great book which I recently 
received from Japan, courtesy of photo-3d contributor and 7-p 
cardboard mount distributor, Shilo Teshima.
 
The book is called "3-D Museum", computer imaging by Makoto Sugiyama 
and it is illustrated with 3-d images of famous paintings.  The book 
itself is a work of art.  While in some paintings, like Leonardo da 
Vinci's Mona Lisa, the 3-d extension of the 2-d image is fairly 
obvious, the majority of the paintings are abstract and such extension 
is not obvious at all.  Makoto Sugiyama is doing art of his own with 
the help of the computer.  I find his work fascinating and his 3-d 
images captivating.  I only wish that I could read Japanese to be able 
to get some background on his work and understand the comments which 
accompany each image.
 
This attractive book comes with a viewer, but the images are small 
enough to be freeviewed.  It's on sale for 3600 Yen in Japan.  The 
same publisher has a number of interesting 3-d books, some of which I 
was able to get thanks to Shilo.  If any of you in Europe/USA is 
fortunate enough to visit Japan in the future, perhaps you should skip 
the search for the $450 Realist 3.5 and get some of these wonderful 
books instead.
 
George Themelis -  Collector of 3-d books, among other things...

PS. 3600 Yen = Ouch! US$


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