Trompe L'Oeil is an effect of texture that means "to fool the eye"(p. 26). The use of this texture is to make a 3D structure, or to fool the eye into thinking that they are looking outside a window compared to a 2D painting. I love how these pieces of art can expand a space and make the viewer imagine a world outside of the one they are living in. Some of these pieces can make me imagine that I am a few steps away from being in a whole new place, such as a castle or hillside. The effect of this painting tricks the senses into believing that something is there when it is not.
An example of Trompe L'Oeil is from the artist named, Edgar Mueller.
The Crevasse is a street project in which Mueller made a 3D image in the form of a ice scene. The images are fantastic. Drawn on streets, this form of the Trompe L'Oeil tricks the mind into believing that there is a whole ice scene below them. This fantasy art piece is one that can truly trick the senses.
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