trompe-d'œil

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * 1) * ante 1934: R. Fry, Last Lectures, page 207 (1939 publication)
 * The carefully exposed reflection of the fallen soldier in the retina of his shield, which is very much in agreement with the puerile stories of trompe-d’œil—like that of the ‘Grapes of Zeuxis’—which were the stock in trade of art critics like Pliny.
 * The carefully exposed reflection of the fallen soldier in the retina of his shield, which is very much in agreement with the puerile stories of trompe-d’œil—like that of the ‘Grapes of Zeuxis’—which were the stock in trade of art critics like Pliny.