trompe-l'oeil
Example Sentences
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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.
From Salon
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.
From Salon
In Atami, the photographer and his friends paid about $9 to get into the Trick Art Museum, where visitors can take photos in trompe l'oeil paintings.
From New York Times
The images vary from iconic Americana to trompe l'oeil landscapes, and in one occasion, a gas mask collaged onto a painting serves as a reminder of the realities of war.
From US News
The artist covered the huge glass pyramid with a trompe l'oeil installation that makes it seem as if the monument at the heart of the courtyard has disappeared.
From US News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
