It is a question that is particularly associated with the so-called "illusionistic" or "idealist" schools Madhyamika, Yogachara, Advaita Vedanta but it is also important for those "realist" schools that oppose them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
But while the modernist movement may have dismissed realism as an "illusionistic" or a "mechanical enterprise," in. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicago Blog] Reference
Nor is there the range of illusionistic "depth" found in the Urbino intarsia. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
Layering, cutting and painting carpets, she conjures illusionistic shadows and geological stratifications. From Wordnik.com. [A Virtuoso With Line] Reference
Ancient paint - ers commanded all the illusionistic techniques for rendering clouds, and bequeathed them to Early. From Wordnik.com. [CHANCE IMAGES] Reference
They are typical of late Roman painting, showing an illusionistic treatment of space and modeling of the human form. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
The difference is that the new illusionism is characterized by a loosening of pictorial forms, and so is illusionistic in. From Wordnik.com. [NATURALISM IN ART] Reference
It is, he notes, a visual translation and creative transcription that is yet “non-illusionistic”: real without realism. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Betts reads derek beaulieu's Flatland] Reference
"Painting sought a way out of its illusionistic mode, but as soon as it became purely an object, it became a sculpture." page 41. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Later, in densely worked pastels, he adopts even more abrupt changes of acidic hues -- not, however, as background but as illusionistic modeling. From Wordnik.com. [Miró's Decade of Exploration] Reference
Drawn to the particulars, we try to amalgamate them into an illusionistic head, then get seduced by details again, unable to reconcile the two readings. From Wordnik.com. [The Proto-Surrealist] Reference
It will not do to speak of “illusionistic naturalism,” however, for the naturalism we have so far mentioned is also quite illusionistic, and intended to be so. From Wordnik.com. [NATURALISM IN ART] Reference
Onobrakpeya's training was based on the Western illusionistic tradition of representational ar; however, many of his works do not reflect his training in Western aesthetics. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Her seas no longer held sinking ships or her skies shattered planes, yet the dialogue of hand and mind, of pigmented surface, and illusionistic space continues through the decades. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Creative Destruction] Reference
But what sets Llyn Foulkes apart for the ages is an idiosyncratic approach to painting that includes collage, assemblage and brilliant rendering coalescing into an unrivaled 3-D illusionistic space. From Wordnik.com. [Mat Gleason: The Ten Most UNDERRATED Los Angeles Art World Stars] Reference
In the midst of World Wart II, a young soldier wrote a series of letters to James Perry Wilson, painter of the illusionistic diorama backdrops for the American Museum of Natural History in New York see yesterday's post. From Wordnik.com. [James Perry Wilson’s Dioramas, Part 2] Reference
The Boy at a Window, by an unidentified artist, is the most striking example of such illusionistic tricks. From Wordnik.com. [Art Knowledge News] Reference
VENICE - Glass has unique illusionistic possibilities, making it, in theory, an ideal medium for artistic expression. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to A Nobel prize for hope] Reference
They husband identifiable details, illusionistic space, tonal contrasts and, especially, the effects of real light and shadow. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
You don't need special glasses to view these eye-popping works of 3D street painting, also called anamorphic or illusionistic art. From Wordnik.com. [Alpha.CNET.com: Most recent posts] Reference
Francisco Zurbarán's Agnus Dei, an illusionistic rendering of a lamb bound for sacrifice and presented as the object of prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick] Reference
14In addition to the illusionistic niches and cabinets, there are physical recesses in the intarsia at each corner of the studiolo. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
One of those paintings, in which two elegant women preside over a roomful of boisterous children, is a masterful exercise in illusionistic technique. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The illusionistic magic of such pieces - glazed porcelain standing in for everything from wood to metal, cardboard and basketry - can still amaze trained and untrained eyes alike. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
(painted room), covered with illusionistic frescoes. From Wordnik.com. [lines and colors :: a blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, concept art and other visual arts] Reference
Padre Pozzo’s huge illusionistic ceilings wow us with their miraculousness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
I’ve heard that one unit has extraordinary examples of Trompe l’Oeil illusionistic murals painted on its interior walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollywood Parade « knitnut.net] Reference
Levin’s illusionistic painting and her aspiration to perfection were part of her stance — her conception of realistic painting as feminine expression. From Wordnik.com. [Artists: Israeli, 1970 to the Present.] Reference
And all against three illusionistic sets. From Wordnik.com. [George Bernard Shaw and feminism | Germaine Greer] Reference
“illusionistic style.”. From Wordnik.com. [NATURALISM IN ART] Reference
illusionistic space confounded by color. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
None ever calls himself abstract, illusionistic, chimerical, fantastic, falsitical. From Wordnik.com. [Experimental Fiction] Reference
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