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      • Trompe-l’oeil painting is a technique within visual arts that produces an illusion of reality on a flat surface. It can be used to create an illusion of three-dimensionality, depth, shadows, texture, and other visual effects that trick the eye into believing the image is real.
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    • Braga Last One's Sphynx. Tom Bragado Blanco, or Braga Last One, creates stunning trompe l'oeil illusions that push the boundaries of street art. He blends 3D painting and anamorphic illusions to create mind-blowing site-specific pieces that blend into their surroundings.
    • Puzzling Realities. Jenny McCracken painted a 3D wall and floor piece for the Dubai Canvas 2016. Puzzling Realities is a mind-bending, in-your-face 3D painting of a unicorn jumping out of the wall, complete with giant paintbrush – and we love it.
    • Pac-Man. This retro Pac-Man trompe loeil was created by Leon Keer in the Netherlands, for the Ouverture (an event that opens the cultural season in the region).
    • Le Radeau de Lampedusa. Pierre Delavie created this hard hitting piece (translated as 'The Raft of Lampedusa'), in collaboration with the Bureau d'accueil et d'accompagnement des migrants (Reception and Support Office for Migrants) in 2017.
    • What Does Trompe L’Oeil Mean?
    • Who Began This Trickery?
    • Did It Catch on?

    Trompe l’oeil is French for "to deceive the eye", an art historical tradition in which the artist fools us into thinking we’re looking at the real thing. Whether it’s a painted fly that we’re tempted to brush away, or an illusionistic piece of paper with curling edges that entices us to pick it up, trompe l’oeilmakes us question the boundary betwee...

    The earliest account of trompe l’oeilcomes from ancient Greece, where a contest took place between two prominent artists, Zeuxis and Parrhasius. The story goes that Zeuxis painted grapes with such skill that birds flew down to peck at them. Not wanting to be outdone, Parrhasius painted an illusionistic curtain that fooled even the discerning eye of...

    Indeed. By the Renaissance, artists had a new tool at their disposal to deceive the viewer’s eye: perspective. In architecture in particular, trompe l’oeil moved onto an ever-grander scale with decorated ceilings that conjured up the illusion of infinite space – the ultimate test of a master's skill. In some cases, buildings appear to continue upwa...

  2. Trompe-l'œil ( French for 'deceive the eye'; / trɒmpˈlɔɪ / tromp-LOY; French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] ⓘ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface.

  3. From the 17th Century and Cubism to today, trompe l'oeil art endures. Are we hard-wired to love things that are not as they appear to be, asks Caryn James.

  4. Dec 16, 2016 · Both trompe l’oeil and photorealism both involve depicting something as realistically as possible, but there are a few differences: Trompe l’oeil is intended to fool the eye into thinking something is really there, so the subject matter is limited to objects that could conceivably be on a wall.

  5. Trompe-l’oeil painting is a technique within visual arts that produces an illusion of reality on a flat surface. It can be used to create an illusion of three-dimensionality, depth, shadows, texture, and other visual effects that trick the eye into believing the image is real.

  6. Dec 28, 2023 · Trompe l’oeil is an artistic method of creating a visual illusion that makes elements of the painting come to life in the eyes of the viewer. Trompe l’oeil is a French term that translates as deceiving the eye, which explains its essence.

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