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.
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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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She replaced a familiar illusionism with an adamant, witty physicality.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
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
Perversely, the expensive CGI achieves the opposite effect of those spandex and leg warmer outfits — it trades real theatricality for slipshod illusionism, pushing you out instead of pulling you in.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
They reduce photography's innate illusionism to fun but facile one-liners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
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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