‘Illusion is the first of all pleasures’
18th C Art / 19th C Art / Eighteenth Century / Nineteenth Century / Paintings

‘Illusion is the first of all pleasures’

Trompe l’oeil is an art technique of using realistic imagery to create works which appear to be three dimensional. Trompe l’oeil is French for ‘ to trick or deceive the eye’. Though it has evolved throughout the centuries, it is a technique of painting which stretches back into antiquity. There is an ancient Greek story … Continue reading