What is Trompe LOeil Painting?
Trompe L’oeil is French for “trick of the eye”, and refers to any style of media (usually painting) intended to create an optical illusion to fool the viewer. The earliest remaining example of trompe l’oeil was found in the unearthing of Pompeii, and is thousands of years old. The most common illusion created with trompe l’oeil is one of false depth, usually accomplished by utilizing a number of simple techniques, including: • Painting still-life subject matter, so that the lack of movement does not betray the illusion. • Placing the painting in its natural location — windows at the right height on walls, doors in reasonable places, crawling plants on the outside of stone structures — to help the eye pass over them. • Utilizing shallow shadow depth to make the items look like they are actually present in a number of lighting conditions. • Ensuring no major objects in the piece are terminated at the end of the painting, reducing subliminal cues that make the brain look for a picture. Th
Trompe L’oeil is French for “trick of the eye”, and refers to any style of media (usually painting) intended to create an optical illusion to fool the viewer. The earliest remaining example of trompe l’oeil was found in the unearthing of Pompeii, and is thousands of years old. The most common illusion created with trompe l’oeil is one of false depth, usually accomplished by utilizing a number of simple techniques, including: • Painting still-life subject matter, so that the lack of movement does not betray the illusion. • Placing the painting in its natural location ?windows at the right height on walls, doors in reasonable places, crawling plants on the outside of stone structures ?to help the eye pass over them. • Utilizing shallow shadow depth to make the items look like they are actually present in a number of lighting conditions. • Ensuring no major objects in the piece are terminated at the end of the painting, reducing subliminal cues that make the brain look for a picture. The
