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Optical Illusion in Fine Art – A Victorian Trompe-l’œil Example

Optical Illusion in Fine Art - A Victorian Trompe-l'œil Example "Escapting Criticism" by Pere Borrell del Caso, 1874,

Optical Illusion in Fine Art – A Victorian Trompe-l’œil Example Do you see what I see? The boy thinks he is escaping from a picture frame? Does he not realize that he is leaping from a Trompe-l’œil frame? Does he not know that such a frame is an optical illusion – the frame is part […]