Trompe l oeil is a french expression that translates to mean to deceive the eye.
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Although trompe l oeil never achieved the status of a major artistic aim european painters from the early renaissance onward occasionally fostered illusionism by painting false frames out of which the contents of a still life or portrait appeared to spill or by creating windowlike images suggesting actual openings in the wall or ceiling.
The mannerist and baroque style interiors of jesuit churches in the 16th and 17th century often included such trompe l œil ceiling paintings which optically open the ceiling or dome to the heavens with a depiction of jesus mary s or a saint s ascension or assumption.
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In the interior design world trompe l oeil is used to describe realist wall murals that are painted with artistic enthusiasm and create an illusion of three dimensional spaces unique textures and even objects.
An example of a perfect architectural trompe l œil is the illusionistic dome in the jesuit church vienna by andrea.