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   trompe l'oeil

   /trɒmp ˈlɔɪ/

   noun

   • 1. visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object: "look at the pillars and arches around the immense dome—they are trompe l'œil"
   • ▪ a painting or design intended to create a visual illusion: "she climbed up to paint a trompe l'œil over the brackets as camouflage"

   Word Origin French, literally ‘deceives the eye’.

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