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Trompe L'oeil Painting (The Illusions of reality) [Paperback]

Miriam Milman (Author)

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Series: The Illusions of reality | Publication Date: January 15, 1990

105 high-quality color illustrations, as well as a comprehensive history of the art. In front of a painting the spectator is continually being deceived. A fixed image has to convey an action or a mood; a canvas or a wall, two-dimensional surfaces, have to suggest a three-dimensional space. So that to establish the relation between the picture and its viewer a certain complicity must be created. Only by delimiting its extent can we define what is meant by realism, illusionism, and lastly trompe-l'oeil. In its many shapes trompe-l'oeil painting has always been intended to mystify, to transcend and replace the illusion of reality by its certainty. To achieve its purpose, this form of art has been led to observe set rules and use a vocabulary of its own. Standing on the ill-defined borderline between reality and fiction, between art and artifact, trompe-l'oeil painting has often been regarded with some condescension. But it is rich in a conceptual content which has continually changed: it is a mirror full of suggestive reflections, visually fascinating, moralizing and indiscreet, provocative and ironical, strange and full of hidden meanings.

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Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli (January 15, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0847808173
ISBN-13: 978-0847808175
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.2 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

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this book is a wonderful resource for artists! It has some fantastic ideas for trompe l'oeil artwork and I recommend it highly!

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