NOUN
- a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
How To Use trompe l'oeil In A Sentence
- At right, on a crumpled white cloth, a collection of kitchen implements is painstakingly composed—a tilted ladle, a gleaming jug, shiny copper cooking vessels and a favorite trompe l'oeil conceit of a knife on a diagonal that edges precariously into our space. A Monumental Moment
- This is enough to make me forgive the front pockets for being fake, a trompe l'oeil of nonoperational stitching. Times, Sunday Times
- Mirror in the Style of Serge Roche, estimate $500-$800 There are some very personal things, like a trompe l'oeil painted curtain valance. Albert Hadley's Spring Cleaning
- One of her specialties is a technique known as trompe l'oeil - a painting that creates a three-dimensional illusion. The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS
- Maxine led the way through the turret, with its grandiose spiral staircase and its trompe l'oeil ceiling, into the house. COLDHEART CANYON
- She also has trompe l'oeil are you now also suspecting that I love not just the thing signified by the word trompe l'oeil, but the word itself? book wallpaper, but I don't actually need that: October 2006
- Trained as both a designer and a painter, Braque was a master at trompe l'oeil —more adept than Picasso at creating decorative, illusionistic Cubist conundrums. A Modern Movement Unto Himself
- The instant he made contact, the illusion of the painters ' trompe l'oeil was broken. COLDHEART CANYON
- The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth
- She began with trompe l'oeil sweaters, and soon her witty, closefitting designs became the favourites of socialites and film stars. Times, Sunday Times
