Meaning of trompe l'oeil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real.
   uncountable, usually
2. Alternative spelling of trompe l’oeil.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A painting of this kind.
   countable, usually

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Examples

“It looked like⟳ a private apartment, and yet it seemed also to be a place⟳ of business. It was furnished in decorative style with plastic, trick⟳ art objects hanging on the walls, geometrical forms of the trompe l'oeil type⟳ that intrigue business people. They are peculiarly vulnerable to art racketeers.”

“In 2008 they moved to New York, where they made waves at the 2010 Whitney Biennial with their “Fold⟳” paintings, spray-painted canvases that were flat but seemed crumpled, a trompe l’oeil trick⟳ that reflected the artist’s enduring preoccupation with interdimensionality.”

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