Trompe L’oeil “ To trick the eye”
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Trompe L’oeil“To trick the eye”
Lienzos de fruta, Juan Sanchez Cotan, 1602
Optical Illusion
Appear to be 3-D
Started in Ancient Roman Art
Edward Collier, 1699
No visible lines or brush strokes
Transparent shadows
One light source
Some Rules of Trompe L’oeil
William Harnett, 1886
To Truly Trick the Eye…
Objects must be contained inside picture plane
Things must be life sized and not stick up too far off the picture plane
Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1664
Photorealism
Not quite trompe l’oeil…
You know you are looking at a painting, not real life.
Ralph Goings, 1980
Ralph Goings, 1980
Most popular in American Art starting in the 1960s.
Artists openly embraced painting based on photographs for the first time.
Ralph Goings, 2006
Audrey Flack, 1974
Audrey Flack, 1972
J.D. Hillberry
Graphite Drawing
Beautifully rendered
No lines
Reflective surfaces
Smooth gradations
Transparent shadows
M.C. Escher