The visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

What kinds of trompe-l'oeil dresses do you wish existed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abject Awe Thursday (with a sale) - A Dress A Day] Reference

An almost ramshackle façade gets a colorful lift with a charming trompe-l'oeil.    From Wordnik.com.  [délabré - French Word-A-Day] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gopnik's Daily Pic: Great 'painting' at Transformer] Reference

The latter, surely, not the former; indeed, it has been claimed that there is no such thing as naturalism in art; naturalism can go too far, as in excessive pursuit of the trompe-l'oeil, but then so can every kind of art.    From Wordnik.com.  [NATURALISM IN ART] Reference

"A World of Paper — Isabelle de Borchgrave encounters Mariano Fortuny" exhibits more than 80 pieces of clothing, accessories and trompe-l'oeil creations, all made of paper by the Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave (Brussels, 1947).    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Off Europe Calendar] Reference

Stylistic singing plus incredibly beautiful and historic paper trompe-l'oeil sets originally painted in the 1930s by Josep Mestres Cabanes, the last representative of an old Catalan school of scenography, and restored for this production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Compare and Contrast 18, Italian Soprano Division] Reference

This was dissatisfying to me not because she simply vanished, but because her disappearance was the last in a long line of trompe-l'oeil pieces strung together not because they tell a cohesive story, but because they fit into the allotted broadcast time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vanishing] Reference

"Fragile Beauties" exhibits 18th-century European and Chinese ceramic figurines, sophisticated containers and subtle trompe-l'oeil pieces alongside rare Strasbourg faience, Meissen and Saint-Cloud porcelain from a collection assembled by a Genevan art lover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Off Europe Calendar] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Frank: Pioneering Art: Three Retrospectives At LACMA] Reference

"But of course it's a little too ... too ... trompe-l'oeil for my taste.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Crome Yellow] Reference

A series of trompe-l'oeil posters have appeared on a number of buildings in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Digital, Buzz, viral & social media marketing agency ★★★ Vanksen|Culture-buzz] Reference

Don't get us wrong, the trompe-l'oeil thing is clever (those street artists get us every time!).    From Wordnik.com.  [Digital, Buzz, viral & social media marketing agency ★★★ Vanksen|Culture-buzz] Reference

What is wanted, in short, is a trompe-l'oeil that shall be good enough for twelve hours at an inn: is it not so? '.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England] Reference

Even an adult can amuse himself for half an hour with this: it is a perfect trompe-l'oeil in mechanical adjustment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

The exhibition delves into the amazing world of optical illusions and artwork trickery to present thorough history of trompe-l'oeil.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

Also on the Kitchn, an oaty spin on the baked apple, trans fat labeling confusion, trompe-l'oeil foods, and biscuits requiring only two ingredients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Serious Eats] Reference

El Greco's trompe-l'oeil Veronica bears the miraculous impression of Christ's bloodied face and implies the presence of the actual relic of the sacred cloth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick] Reference

Texas-born, Mexico-based Thomas Glassford's beautiful color-chartlike array of sawed broomstick handles; Brazilian Vik Muniz' trompe-l'oeil sculpture of the back of a.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

While the Moody show is essentially photographs of books, this Menil exhibit showcases Wolfe's trompe-l'oeil objects that "trick the eye," and which are largely depictions of books.    From Wordnik.com.  [Houston Press | Complete Issue] Reference

2 Jumpers with stuff going on on the front of them – trompe-l'oeil designs, abstract patterns, animals, words – are also very current this season, and not completely without chic.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I bought this week: jumpers] Reference

Just as Banksy's art plays artfully with trompe-l'oeil, a method of painting that creates the illusion of a three-dimensional object, so his film tries to play similar games with film narrative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

It gives a perception of different planes that induce a three-dimensional effect and is a transversal design that is particularly suitable for creating dynamic wall compositions that break into "trompe-l'oeil".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dezeen] Reference

The opening stage direction of Beckett's Happy Days specifies that the backdrop behind Winnie, representing "unbroken plain and sky receding to meet in far distance," is a "very pompier trompe-l'oeil backcloth.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Culture Industry] Reference

References: la terre cuite (f) = terracotta; le liseron (m) = bindweed; la marche (f) = stair; le trompe-l'oeil (m) = a style of painting that "fools the eye"; le balcon (m) = balcony; la cucina (f) = kitchen (in Italian).    From Wordnik.com.  [la marche (Italy, part 1) - French Word-A-Day] Reference

La remontée en trompe-l'oeil de l'euro.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Le FMI et la BCE tentent d'apaiser les marchés] Reference

Also note the trompe-l'oeil rose of Sheila Hayden.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

trompe-l'oeil effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Do I Infernokrush?] Reference