Trompe l’oeil
Fool the eye
Pompeian painter around 70 AD
Medieval painting, artist unknown, Russia
Lorenzo Monaco, Madonna of Humility, 1415 - 20
Leonardo Da Vinci, Madonna with the Yarnwinder, 1510
Raphael, Marriage of the Virgin, 1504
Petrus Christus , Portrait of a Cathusian , 1446
Petrus Christus , Portrait of a Cathusian , 1446
Andrea Mantegna, Ceiling Occulus, 1474
Renaissance Naturalism15th – 16th centuries
Baroque Illusionism17th and 18th centuries
Intention To create a “transparent window” onto the world
To bring into question the nature of perception
Context Development of a renewed interest in “humanism” and a the value of life on earth
Response to the many revolutions (scientific, religious, political) and the “authority of perception”
Stylistic priorities
Obsession with the representation of space using naturalistic perspective
Use of artistic virtuosity to make viewers question “what is real”
Jacopo d’Barberi, Still-Life with Partridge and Iron Gloves, 1504
Füssli, Johann Heinrich, Trompe-l'oeil 1750
18th Century Ceramic - France
18th Century Ceramic - France
18th Century Ceramic - France
18th Century Ceramic - France
Karen Dahl, Skating Cabbage with Crayons
Kate Hopkins-Searle
Kate Hopkins-Searle
Kate Hopkins-Searle
Kate Hopkins-Searle
Kate Hopkins-Searle
Works Cited
"Trompe L'oeil." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 July 2013. Web. 08 Aug. 2013.
Zamora, Lois P. "Trompe L'oeil Tricks:Borges' Baroque Illusionism." Trompe L'oeil Tricks. University of Houston, n.d. Web. 08 Aug. 2013.