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. 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 artists play with spectators to raise questions about the nature of art and perception.

General

Imprint:	Skira
Country of origin:	Italy
Series:	Skira Mini Art Books
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Flaminio Gualdoni
Dimensions:	168 x 135 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	94
ISBN-13:	978-88-613-0540-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	88-613-0540-7
Barcode:	9788861305403

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