Trompe l'oeil

TROMPE L'OEIL

French for "fool the eye", this art has covered walls
since the greeks and the romans (do cave paintings qualify?)
 often called "faux" this and "faux" that by "bilingual" designers,
(another French word; are we the only ones trying to fool?)
fakery has adorned every possible space and object around with an artistry 
sometimes painstakingly academic, often humorous, at times truly fooling with us;
always deserving of our admiration and respect for the skill required

eye-fooling techniques learned at Art Academies around the world

Jagollian Museum.sweetly primitive 

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Roman houses were the original plain-to-grandiose makeovers

Tortipede via flickr

faux ivy, faux stone, faux formal "parterres", faux fur, faux landscape:

faux everything

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artfully imitated rug. mop carefully. no vacuuming necessary

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make believe real-estate in Agde, France; sorry, no vacancies

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photographic-trompe-l'oeil-Versailles; perfect for a would be Sun King..

ED Cité d'Architecture via flickr

 perfect furnishings for the short on square footage

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tongue-in-cheek classic frame on a distressed wall; street art

Papilly via flickr

life-like, but the real ones might be most welcome on a hot day

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 gray pearls on a napkin; table jewelry

JADHny

fun, clever and well interpreted... no sign needed

Van Brussel via flickr

one more incarnation of the basic rock

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this façade is not a façade. Magritte Museum

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those are boxes on that wall, I know it; what's that you say?
could have fooled me...
Tiscar via flickr

au revoir.