2 May 2017
trompe l’oeil
[French trawnp lœ-yuh; English trawmp ley, loi]
noun
1. visual deception, especially in paintings, in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail emphasizing the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
2. a painting, mural, or panel of wallpaper designed to create such an effect.
Origin of trompe l’oeil
1895-1900; French: literally, (it) fools the eye
noun (pl) trompe l’oeils (trɔ̃p lœj)
1. a painting or decoration giving a convincing illusion of reality
2. an effect of this kind
Word Origin
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Definition of trompe l’oeil
1 : a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail; also : the use of similar technique in interior decorating
2 : a trompe l’oeil painting or effect
3 : something that misleads or deceives the senses
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On this day
2 May 1519 – death of Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian renaissance inventor, painter, sculptor, mathematician, writer. Born 15 April 1452.
2 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
2 May 1568 – Mary Queen of Scots escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
2 May 1611 – the King James Bible is published for the first time in London by Robert Barker.
2 May 1933 – Within months of becoming Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions. Hitler saw unions as organising the power of workers which could be a threat to his power. Police arrested union leaders and confiscated union money. The funds had essentially been provided by workers so to quell any worker uprisings, Hitler created the German Labour Force to replace the unions and to supposedly represent workers’ rights. The GLF was sold to the workers under a veil of patriotism. Strikes were banned and labelled un-German. He further duped the workers under the ‘Strength Through Joy’ movement that offered them subsided holidays and other events. To reduce unemployment he introduced forced labour. Any worker refusing to take up a job assigned to them, was imprisoned. Under the GLF wages dropped while the cost of living of increased 25%. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi-germany/trade-unions-and-nazi-germany/)
2 May 1986 – The Ukrainian city of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the nuclear reactor disaster.
2 May 2011 – Osama bin Laden, founder and leader of Al Qaeda, FBI’s most wanted man, is killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Born 10 March 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.