trompe l'œiln.
/trɒmp ˈləːjə//trɒmp ˈlɔɪ/ Deception of the eye, an illusion, spec. in Art with regard to the material reality of the object(s) represented, a (usually still-life) painting, plaster ornament, etc., intended to give an illusion of reality. Also figurative and attributive passing into adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion
phantasma1398
emphasis1654
optical illusion1763
fata Morgana1818
trompe l'œil1889
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > executed in specific manner
perspective1597
grotesque1643
al fresco1756
gesso1759
polychrome1801
transfer1839
rangoli1884
trompe l'œil1889
retardataire1903
environment1962
CAD1965
photo work1981
Georgiana1989
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adjective]
trompe l'œil1926
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > executed in specific manner
black and white1765
sunk1776
rupestrian1896
trompe l'œil1926
gessoed1955
1889 C. H. Stranahan Hist. Fr. Painting vii. 457 The public of connoisseurs who care not for any tricks of ‘trompe l'œil’, but for art.
1926 A. Huxley Ess. New & Old 171 Their taste ran to trompe l'œil pictures of fighting giants.
1927 E. Bowen Hotel x. 118 The hill..by some trompe-l'œil of twilight seemed to topple.
1928 Observer 19 Feb. 5/1 The nearest approach to realistic treatment is Mr. Cedric Morris's picture of a luxurious flowery meadow in North Africa, but this realism is not carried to the point of a trompe l'œil. Paint is made to tell as paint, and not as a substitute for the thing represented.
a1934 R. Fry Last Lect. (1939) 207 The carefully exposed reflection of the fallen soldier in the retina of his shield, which is very much in agreement with the puerile stories of trompe-d'œil—like that of the ‘Grapes of Zeuxis’—which were the stock in trade of art critics like Pliny.
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xviii. 231 And the Museum of Sexology: such photographs and wax models—almost too trompe-l'œil.
1957 Listener 24 Oct. 658/3 Details may be solid, trompe l'œil, or flat.
1961 E. Taylor In Summer Season i. 11 Facing her, as she turned the stairs, was a trompe-l'œil panel, designed to lengthen the passage into an endless arcade.
1964 S. Sontag in Evergreen Rev. Dec. 76 Plato's view that all art is an elaborate trompe l'œil, and therefore a lie.
1968 Ideal Home Nov. 31 The dining-room has trompe l'œil marbling.
1970 New Scientist 11 June 530/1 Trompe d'œil effects such as false perspectives painted on walls are common.
1974 G. Butler Coffin for Canary xii. 147 Olivia had told her own story and had told it badly... She had led those who listened to her up to a blank wall and confronted them with a trompe l'œil.
1978 R. Barnard Unruly Son xv. 155 Shelves and books had been painted on the wall, making a perfect trompe l'œil.
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