Author:
Ebert-Schifferer, S.
Publisher:Washington : National Gallery of Art, c2002.
Description:404 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Note:Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003.
Note:Simultaneously published in Hampshire, England by Lund Humphries.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-400) and index.
Note:Trompe l'oeil : the underestimated trick / Sybille Ebert-Schifferer -- The misperception of reality / Wolf Singer -- Honest lies : the meaning, language, and instruments of trompe l'oeil / Alberto Veca -- Illusionism in Dutch and Flemish art / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.-- Con artists : Harnett, Haberle, and their American accomplices / Paul Staiti -- Catalogue -- The grapes of Zeuxis -- The curtain of Parrhasios -- Xenia and trophies of the hunt -- Giotto's fly and the observation of nature -- Temptation for the hand -- Things on the wall -- Niches, cupboards, cabinets -- In and out of the picture -- The painting as object -- The object as art.
Note:Trust Family Foundation purchase 2006-2007.
