More Trompe L'oeil

While flipping through travel pictures this past week in research for more new fine art paintings (which I hope to be ready for ArtWalk at the end of April), I came across a couple of classic examples pertinent to my last entry about the differences between "faux" and "trompe l'oeil" and how they can me mixed.



Note the detailed marble treatment of the painted column ("faux") to match the real marble column on the right. Then notice how the painted light and shadows convince you of the three dimensionality of the column ("trompe l'oeil").