Trompe l'Oeil Explained -- How artists tried to trick us

Amuze Art Lecture #112: A discussion of the concept of trompe l'oeil in art history. This is a technique to make some appear very realistically in three dimensions while painted on a two-dimensional surface. Check out my coffee table books about artists like Antonietta Brandeis, Eugene de Blaas, Federico del Campo, Thomas Mostyn, Peder Mork Monsted, and Hans Zatzka: https://www.amuzeart.com/books For daily stories about art, follow me on Instagram:   / tripimprover   Chapters 0:00 Trompe l'oeil 1:20 Portraits 2:26 Still Life 4:00 Ceilings 6:12 Apotheosis 7:10 Modernity ---------------------------------------------------------------- Music: The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chris Zabriskie Image credits: Image of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Parma Cathedral by Livioandronico2013 (CC BY-SA 4.0)