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Illusionism

Scope note

Use of pictorial techniques such as perspective and foreshortening to deceive the eye into taking that which is depicted for that which is real. MURRAY

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300056536

Narrower Terms used

trompe-l'oeil

Created

13yrs ago

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