Examples of 'trompe-l'œil' in a sentence

Meaning of "trompe-l'œil"

trompe-l'œil (adjective) - a painting or design intended to create a realistic illusion, often used in art to deceive the viewer's perception
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This trompe-l'œil window creates a spectacular illusion and opens up a new perspective.
It shows a nativity scene with grisaille archways and trompe-l'œil sculptured reliefs.
Pastoral trompe-l'œil paintings on walls pushed the very limits of the garden away.
The interior of the pavilion is decorated with an impressive Ionic columns in trompe-l'œil.
The artist created a trompe-l'œil by painting the veins of the wood on the sound box.
It reproduces the famous paintings in the form of trompe-l'œil in the street.
The walls were painted in naive Trompe-l'œil style to resemble a Classical masonry building.
Trompe-l'œil behind the pulpit gives the impression of a curved wall.
Op art also stems from trompe-l'œil and anamorphosis.
With its trompe-l'œil aspects, this is an entirely separate curiosity.
Her new work was precise and realistic almost to the point of trompe-l'œil.
Two poems are painted in trompe-l'œil on illusionistic paper sheets.
Trompe-l'œil of vineyards and other features to reinforce the wine theming.
One of the downstairs parlors features a high-quality trompe-l'œil mural on the ceiling.
The stunning trompe-l'œil wallpaper has been preserved in its entirety.

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Details include feigned architectural features such as trompe-l'œil windows, doors, and painted columns.
This huge trompe-l'œil depicts the historical origins of the neighbourhood.
The semi-outdoor peristyle area featured an imaginary garden scene or paradeisos in the trompe-l'œil style.
The use of trompe-l'œil is a superb ally to visually enlarge the garden.
The craft has roots in the Renaissance with trompe-l'œil.
A typical trompe-l'œil mural might depict a window, door or hallway, intended to suggest a larger room.
In the area of the market square, extensive façades in the Trompe-l'œil style are conspicuous.
Artwork selection Trompe-l'œil with hawking equipment.
The Crociera room depicts imaginary landscapes and the villa 's staff peering around trompe-l'œil doors.
Facing it is a trompe-l'œil wall symbolizing the twinning of Mende and Volterra.
The title comes from the art of trompe-l'œil.
Created trompe-l'œil décors in the Paris region and throughout France.
The interior features extensive Trompe-l'œil.
Trompe-l'œil experts, we create the illusion of the real.
The American 19th century still-life painter William Harnett specialized in trompe-l'œil.
Instead, Trompe-l'œil brickwork creates vertical " ribs " with a false " shade " pattern to enhance the verticality.
The American 19th century still-life painter William Harnett specialised in trompe-l'œil.
In 1993 he came back to Buenos Aires and worked with Cacho Monastirsky in Trompe-l'œil painting.

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