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Trompe l'Oeil
Flaminio Gualdoni
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Description for Trompe l'Oeil
Paperback. Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choose objects, situations and compositional devices using as little depth as possible. Series: Skira Mini ART Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 186.
Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choose objects, situations and compositional devices using as little depth as possible. A heightened form of illusionism, the art of trompe-l'oeil flourished from the Renaissance onward. The discovery of perspective in fifteenth-century Italy and advancements in the science of optics in the seventeenth-century Netherlands enabled artists to render objects and spaces with eye-fooling exactitude. Both witty and serious, trompe-l'oeil is a game ... Read more
Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choose objects, situations and compositional devices using as little depth as possible. A heightened form of illusionism, the art of trompe-l'oeil flourished from the Renaissance onward. The discovery of perspective in fifteenth-century Italy and advancements in the science of optics in the seventeenth-century Netherlands enabled artists to render objects and spaces with eye-fooling exactitude. Both witty and serious, trompe-l'oeil is a game ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Skira Mini ART Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Milan, Italy
ISBN
9788861305403
SKU
V9788861305403
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