trompe-l'oeil
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Remembering the 16th and 17th century artisans commissioned to adorn the walls of wealthy Europeans’ homes with murals and trompe-l’oeil, I encourage my friends’ 4-year-old to draw on the living room wall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024
A plain footstool jumps to life in trompe-l’oeil black and white — both a tangible artifact and an artsy abstraction.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2021
It’s all part of the trompe-l’oeil effect of Macneal’s magical storytelling, which enables real and fictional characters to step together right off the page.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2019
The curtain itself had a playful trompe-l’oeil effect: it had been digitally printed with an image of the rectangle of flaked paint which had been exposed by the theft.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016
In another picture, in a haystack with the sun shining on it, the trompe-l'oeil has again been as cleverly achieved as by the most cunning of scene-painters.
From Modern Painting by Moore, George (George Augustus)
