Last semester I took an art class that touched on the art form trompe l’oeil, I was ecstatic when I saw it mentioned in the textbook for this class. According to our text it is “French for “fool the eye”, meaning taking a two-dimensional, flat surface, making it appear three-dimensional (Foley and Matlin, 2011 p.158). I think it is such an interesting way of how art creates a perception of depth.
I found an article of 3-D pavement images I thought to be enlightening: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1153004/Mind-crevasse-The-amazing-3D-pavement-art-pedestrians-edge.html
All of these paintings are rich with pictorial depth cues, from size, texture gradient, linear perspective, and atmospheric perspective creating also occlusion and height cues through shading techniques and some have realistic coloring that makes the appearance so provocative and engaging (Foley & Matlin, 2011). For example, the size of the surface used, makes the paintings surreal, some of the photos there are people standing near the linear perspective, or close to the cliff or point of appearing to fall, also the use of darker to lighter colors towards the “bottom” creating a sense of depth and possibly fear and/or excitement. I found it to be a fun way of art and psychology being part of everyday.
post by Renee Maharaj
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