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trompe l'oeil

[ French trawnp ±ô²Õ-yuh; English trawmp ley, loi ]

noun

  1. visual deception, especially in paintings, in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail emphasizing the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
  2. a painting, mural, or panel of wallpaper designed to create such an effect.


trompe l'oeil

/ trɔ̃p ±ô²Õj /

noun

  1. a painting or decoration giving a convincing illusion of reality
  2. an effect of this kind
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trompe l'oeil1

1895–1900; < French: literally, (it) fools the eye
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trompe l'oeil1

from French, literally: deception of the eye
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In the trompe l'oeil challenge, you had titled it "What's for Dinner," I think?

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Buddha: I really enjoyed the Wellington challenge, but I think I can't stop wrapping my head around the trompe l'oeil dish and I really loved it.

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Ali's attempt to create a garden isn't so much trompe l'oeil as much as it is creating a foodscape.

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Placing her as Dre's best friend operates as something of a trompe l'oeil given Dre's reason for living is to picture herself in the inner circle of musical royalty.

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In the last decades of the 19th century, while the art world was enamored with Van Gogh and Matisse, middle-class Americans became obsessed with trompe l'oeil paintings – hyperrealistic still lifes that featured life-size everyday objects.

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