1. Trompe L’oeil “To trick the eye”

2. 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

3. Some Rules of Trompe L’oeil
No visible lines or brush strokes
Transparent shadows
One light source
Edward Collier, 1699

4. 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

5. Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1664

6. Photorealism Not quite trompe l’oeil…

7. You know you are looking at a painting, not real life.
Ralph Goings, 1980

8. 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

9. Ralph Goings, 2006

10. Audrey Flack, 1974

11. Audrey Flack, 1972

12. Graphite Drawing J.D. Hillberry Beautifully rendered No lines
Reflective surfaces
Smooth gradations
Transparent shadows
J.D. Hillberry

13. M.C. Escher