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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trompe l'oeiladjective

    a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality

  2. eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(a)adjective

    creating the illusion of seeing reality

    "the visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art"

Wikipedia

  1. trompe-l'oeil

    Trompe-l'œil ( tromp LOY, French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] (listen); French for 'deceive the eye') is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. Trompe l'oeil, which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Forced perspective is a related illusion in architecture.

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  1. trompe-l'oeil

    Trompe-l'oeil is a French term which translates to "deceive the eye." It refers to an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. This technique can involve the use of perspective depth, texture, shadowing and other visual tricks to fool the viewer's vision and mind into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trompe-l'oeil in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trompe-l'oeil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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