trompe l'oeil

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A genre of still life painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real
A painting of this kind
something that misleads or deceives the senses : ILLUSION
a trompe l'oeil painting or effect
a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail also : the use of similar technique in interior decorating
A trompe l'oeil is a trompe l'oeil painting. (French; "deceive the eye") Style of representation in which a painted object is intended to deceive the viewer into believing it is the object itself. First employed by the ancient Greeks, trompe l'oeil was also popular with Roman muralists. Since the early Renaissance, European painters have used trompe l'oeil to create false frames from which the contents of still lifes or portraits seemed to spill and to paint windowlike images that appeared to be actual openings in a wall or ceiling
a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
Trompe l'oeil is a technique used in art in which objects are painted their normal size in a very realistic way, to make people think that the objects are solid and real. a trompe l'oeil painting
trompe l'œil
Alternative spelling of trompe l’oeil
trompe-l'oeil
Alternative spelling of trompe l'oeil
trompe-l'œil
Alternative form of trompe l'oeil
trompe l'oeil

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    () From the French trompe-l’œil (“trompe l’oeil”, literally “deceives the eye”), from trompe (“deceives”, the third-person singular indicative simple present form of tromper, “to deceive”) + l’ (“t’”, the prevocalic form of le, “the”) + œil (“eye”).
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