History of Trompe L

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History of Trompe Loeil

• With Mary Kingslan Gibilisco
• CDA, BFA

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Still Life vs. Trompe Loeil

• Still Life is just an image
• Can be any size
• Not trying to Fool-the-eye

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Typical Still Life
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What Makes a Trompe Loeil?

• Objects life size
• Project into our space
• Recede from our space
• Logically Housed
• Displayed Logically
• Strong Shadow Work
• Low Relief
• Usually contains only inanimate objects

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Typical Trompe Loeil
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All Items are Life Size
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Items project into viewers space
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Items recede away from viewer
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Recedes from toward viewer
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Image logically housed
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Displayed logically
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Low Relief
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Trompe LoeilThrough the Ages
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Mosiac Ancient Roman Pavement
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Fra Giovanni da Verona (Italian), 1520
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Hans Holbein (German, 1497/8-1543), The
Ambassadors, oil.
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Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1627-1678)
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Cornelis Gijbrechts (Flemish, c. 1630 - after
1675),
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Cornelis Gijbrechts, 1670
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Cornelis GijbrechtsStill Life with Self Portrait
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William Michael Harnett (American, born Ireland,
1848-1892)
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William Michael Harnett
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William Michael Harnett
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William Michael Harnett
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William Michael Harnett
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William Harnett
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Raphael Peale, 1822Venus Rising from the Bath
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Pere Borrell del Caso Escape from Criticism, 1874
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John Frederick Peto 1854-1907
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John Frederick Peto 1854-1907
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John Frederick Peto
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Louis Leopold Bolly date unknown
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John Frederick Peto
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Otis Kaye (American, 1885-1974),
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Victor Dubreuil 1886
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Victor Dubreuil
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William Harnett
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Charles Wilson Peale Staircase Group 1795
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Andrea Mantegna 1475
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Duane Hanson (American, 1925-)
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Marilyn Anne Levine (American, 1935-) Ceramic
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Larry Charles (American, 1951-)
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Molly Springfield, Three Receipts, 2002
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Trompe Loeilin the House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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House that Faux Built
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Richard Haas Phoenix 1985
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Richard Haas New York
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William Cochran Community Bridge in Frederick, MD
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William Cochran Community Bridge
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William Cochran Community Bridge
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Lets Paint our own Trompe Loeil!