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 Lienzos de fruta, Juan Sanchez Cotan, 1602
Some Rules of Trompe L’oeil No visible lines or brush strokes Transparent shadows One light source Edward Collier, 1699
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 William Harnett, 1886
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, 1980
Ralph Goings, 2006
Audrey Flack, 1974
Audrey Flack, 1972
Graphite Drawing J.D. Hillberry Beautifully rendered No lines Reflective surfaces Smooth gradations Transparent shadows J.D. Hillberry
M.C. Escher