Trompe-l'œil
トロンプ・ルイユ / antiquity–present / Technique / Illusionism
Hides the picture plane's boundary, aligning material, shadow and scale until you believe the thing is there.
Life size / Grounded shadows / Material rendering / Using the frame's edge
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- An entrance of surprise for products and exhibitions · Making the boundary between screen and reality the subject
- Type
- Treat letters as painted objects too, or keep them outside the illusion
- Composition
- Place life-size objects and shadows rigorously on a single plane
- Material
- Wood, paper, metal, wear, light from one direction
- Caution
- Not mere realism. Design the viewpoint, distance and boundary that make the viewer misread.
- Further study
- William Michael Harnett / illusionistic painting