trompe-l'oeil

The painting's so good, it runs the risk of being admired as a trompe-l'oeil trick, overshadowing what it tells us about changes to an urban space.

Gopnik's Daily Pic: Great 'painting' at Transformer Blake Gopnik 2010

For its first hotel project in Paris, Maison Martin Margiela creates a theatrical environment where realty and trompe-l'oeil are mixing together.

Evelyne Politanoff: La Maison Champs-Elysees by Maison Martin Margiela Evelyne Politanoff 2011

Bibliophiles are the ones most likely to "get" Wolfe's trompe-l'oeil obsessiveness not least as he favors first editions; but those of us who recognize the first art book that turned us on, the first book of poetry that fired our curiosity, the first translation into English of a legendary Surrealist novel, the first monograph on our favorite filmmaker will also understand Wolfe's impulse.

Peter Frank: Pioneering Art: Three Retrospectives At LACMA Peter Frank 2011

The second most depressing thing about this summer at the movies was seeing that warmed-over rehash The Hangover II – a triumph of trompe-l'oeil marketing over substance – made $580m worldwide.

The Hangover II, Final Destination 5: will the summer of sequels never end? 2011

For his own signature work, Thomas Demand builds and photographs intricate, small-scale, trompe-l'oeil models.

Outside-the-Box Thinking Starts From the Inside Lance Esplund 2011

For its first hotel project in Paris, Maison Martin Margiela creates a theatrical environment where realty and trompe-l'oeil are mixing together.

Evelyne Politanoff: La Maison Champs-Elysees by Maison Martin Margiela Evelyne Politanoff 2011

Bibliophiles are the ones most likely to "get" Wolfe's trompe-l'oeil obsessiveness not least as he favors first editions; but those of us who recognize the first art book that turned us on, the first book of poetry that fired our curiosity, the first translation into English of a legendary Surrealist novel, the first monograph on our favorite filmmaker will also understand Wolfe's impulse.

Peter Frank: Pioneering Art: Three Retrospectives At LACMA Peter Frank 2011

Sculptor Robert Lobe (b. 1945) may not have the sensitivity of a Japanese gardener (his blunt forms are equally indebted to stage design, the art of trompe-l'oeil and the sculpture of David Smith), but his three hammered aluminum repoussé sculptures—placed in and around Lullwater near the Boathouse in Prospect Park—wed Eastern and Western sensibilities.

Of a Decade and a Dollar Lance Esplund 2011

Simone Falcetta Benan's "Investment Bankers" collection includes this gray trompe-l'oeil print suit.

Three Rising Designers 2011

An almost ramshackle façade gets a colorful lift with a charming trompe-l'oeil. délabré, e (day-lah-bray) adjective dilapidated, impaired, broken, ramshackle délabrer (verb) = to wreck, ruin; to spoil

French Word-A-Day: 2007