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(8,554 posts)for the past hour or so and have now discovered his flair for the trompe l'oeil. Opening up a ceiling with an Oculus, complete with little cherubs looking down on the pious, in the "Camera Picta". Well, I never...in 1470!
Andrea Mantegna fresco on the ceiling of the The Bridal Chamber, Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy c. 1465-1474
Who would have thunk it?
I did know what "Trompe l'oeil" meant before I discovered Mantegna, which is one of the reasons why I started digging into his works (actually, I started by looking at the comparison between the Degas copy and Mantegna's original).
We had an invasion of Giant Daddy Long Legs down at the Space Needle in Seattle last summer, when a young artist, Marlin Peterson, plopped two of them on the roof of the armory building, providing the neatest illusion for those looking down from our state's famous icon. Washington's own trompe l'oeil!
http://queenanne.komonews.com/news/arts-culture/775530-my-intention-was-not-make-innocent-patrons-space-needle-feel-prey
http://marlinpeterson.com/
Marlin Peterson's arachnid mural, as seen from the Space Needle. (Photo via Marlin Peterson)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/08/31/why-giant-daddy-longlegs-are-attacking-the-seattle-center/