Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe L'Oeil Painting

Unmarked text. Catalog for 13 October 2002 through 2 March 2003 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Beautifully illustrated. Provenance. Bibliography. Index. 404p. Measures 9.5x12.5 inches.

Trompe l'oeil, French for fool or deceive the eye, is a genre dating back to antiquity. The term is used to describe paintings that imitate natural appearances so convincingly that viewers momentarily mistake the objects depicted for the real thing.

Contributors include Wolf Singer, Alberto Veca, Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., and Paul Staiti.

Practitioners include Samuel van Hoogstraten, William M. Harnett, John Haberle, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein.

Product Info

ISBN: 0853318786

ISBN-13: 9780853318781

Publisher: National Gallery

Year: 2002

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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