| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| in art, a kind of visual trickery in which painted forms seem to be real. It is sometimes called trompe l’oeil [Fr.,=fool the eye]. The development of one-point perspective in the Renaissance advanced illusionist technique immeasurably. It was highly developed in the baroque period; Caravaggio’s bowls of fruit included insects to enhance verisimilitude. American masters of trompe l’oeil include William M. Harnett and John F. Peto. |
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