illusionism
Americannoun
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a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye.
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Philosophy. a theory or doctrine that the material world is an illusion.
noun
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philosophy the doctrine that the external world exists only in illusory sense perceptions
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the use of highly illusory effects in art or decoration, esp the use of perspective in painting to create an impression of three-dimensional reality
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In art, all this necessitated a turn away from illusionism and a return to the basic building blocks, the foundational honesty of abstraction: line, color, materials, structure.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
That, at least, is how the story of Cubism usually goes: a story of an utter break with illusionism.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Amid the false-fronts of Paramount’s New York street movie-set, they’ve installed works loosely connected to themes of illusionism, myth-making and representation in mass entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
Brown, a dazzling practitioner of what he calls psychological illusionism, will read minds on Broadway.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
But illusionism is only one vehicle for expressing an artist’s understanding of reality.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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