Cubism and the trompe l'oeil tradition / Emily Braun, Elizabeth Cowling ; with essays by Claire Le Thomas and Rachel Mustalish.

The age-old artistic tradition of pictorial illusionism, known as trompe l'oeil ("deceive the eye") beguiles us with visual tricks and confounds our perception of reality and fiction. Presenting a radically new take on Cubism, this book shows how Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Juan Gris parodied...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Braun, Emily, 1957- (Author) Cowling, Elizabeth (Author) Le Thomas, Claire (Author) Mustalish, Rachel (Author)
Corporate Author:	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]
Subjects:	Cubism > Exhibitions. Trompe l'oeil painting > Influence > Exhibitions. Picasso, Pablo, > 1881-1973 > Exhibitions. Braque, Georges, > 1882-1963 > Exhibitions. Gris, Juan, > 1887-1927 > Exhibitions. Cubisme. Cubist. ART / General. Braque, Georges, > 1882-1963. Gris, Juan, > 1887-1927. Picasso, Pablo, > 1881-1973. Cubism. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	286 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 25 cm
Format:	Book

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