While commonly used among fashion designers today, the technique’s origins are actually deeply rooted in art history. The fable goes like this: in Ancient Greece, two artists — Zeuxius and Parrhasius ...

Trompe l’oeil has delighted viewers for millennia. The ancient Greek artist Zeuxis apparently painted grapes so realistic that birds tried plucking at the bunches, while attempts at near-perfect ...

No, it's not your eyes -- these are fashion illusions. Translating to "trick the eye," trompe l'oiel is a centuries old technique of making the 2-d look 3-d. Popular in design in the 70's, the look is ...

Savants camouflages, bluffantes illusions et faux plus vrais que nature : quelle jubilation d’être dupé par l’art du trompe-l’œil ! Tomberez-vous dans le panneau ? Se faire duper volontairement par ...