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For the mural by Maria Bettina Cogliatti, see Trompe-l'œil (mural). Trompe-l'œil ( French for 'deceive the eye'; / trɒmpˈlɔɪ / tromp-LOY; French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] ⓘ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Jun 1, 2003 · Jane Stanton Hitchcock is a New York Times bestselling author, playwright, and screenwriter. Best known for her mystery novels (Trick of the Eye, The Witches Hammer', Social Crimes, One Dangerous Lady, and Mortal Friends), Jane is also an avid poker player who competes in the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.
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- Braga Last One's Sphynx. Tom Bragado Blanco, or Braga Last One, creates stunning trompe l'oeil illusions that push the boundaries of street art. He blends 3D painting and anamorphic illusions to create mind-blowing site-specific pieces that blend into their surroundings.
- Puzzling Realities. Jenny McCracken painted a 3D wall and floor piece for the Dubai Canvas 2016. Puzzling Realities is a mind-bending, in-your-face 3D painting of a unicorn jumping out of the wall, complete with giant paintbrush – and we love it.
- Pac-Man. This retro Pac-Man trompe loeil was created by Leon Keer in the Netherlands, for the Ouverture (an event that opens the cultural season in the region).
- Le Radeau de Lampedusa. Pierre Delavie created this hard hitting piece (translated as 'The Raft of Lampedusa'), in collaboration with the Bureau d'accueil et d'accompagnement des migrants (Reception and Support Office for Migrants) in 2017.
Optical illusion is also used in film by the technique of forced perspective . Op art is a style of art that uses optical illusions to create an impression of movement, or hidden images and patterns. Trompe-l'œil uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
TRICK OF THE EYE. by Jane Stanton Hitchcock ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1992. Dramatist Stanton's first novel is a thoroughly satisfying thriller—simultaneously luscious and ladylike as it traces the cat-and-mouse relationship between a wealthy old New York dowager and the solitary artist she hires to help re-create her past.
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Dec 15, 2003 · Trick of the Eye. Hardcover – Large Print, December 15, 2003. For Faith Cromwell, trompe l'oeil artist, it is the commission of a lifetime: painting the famed ballroom of an opulent Long Island estate. But her new patron has a macabre fixation on a daughter brutally murdered in the house a decade earlier -- one so intense that it jeopardizes ...
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Wealthy New York society matron and patron of the arts Frances Griffin commissions Faith Crowell, a 39-year-old trompe l'oeil artist, to paint the interior of her ballroom, built 20 years earlier for the debutante cotillion of her now-deceased daughter, Cassandra.
