Trompe l'oeil, I would argue, is the first truly conceptual art, more interested in what it has to say than in what it ends up looking like. For the painters in this show, that is, it's more important ...

While commonly used among fashion designers today, the technique’s origins are actually deeply rooted in art history. The fable goes like this: in Ancient Greece, two artists — Zeuxius and Parrhasius ...

Selon une anecdote devenue mythique, Pline l'Ancien raconte la compétition qui eut lieu entre deux grands peintres de l'Antiquité. L'un d'eux, Zeuxis, avait représenté des raisins si habilement que ...

Savants camouflages, bluffantes illusions et faux plus vrais que nature : quelle jubilation d’être dupé par l’art du trompe-l’œil ! Tomberez-vous dans le panneau ? Se faire duper volontairement par ...

Even for the most talented artists, the trompe l'oeil is one of the most difficult techniques to master. The painter has to create three dimensions out of two, constructing an illusion, tricking the ...