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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