Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition

by Emily Braun and Elizabeth Cowling

A pioneering study of how Picasso, Braque, and Gris engaged with the pictorial tradition of illusion and deception in their influential Cubist works

The age-old tradition of pictorial illusionism, known as trompe l'oeil ("deceive the eye"), employs visual tricks that confound the viewer's perception of reality and fiction, truth and falsehood. This radically new take on Cubism shows how Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Juan Gris both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588396762
• ISBN13: 9781588396761
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 10.3" x 10.4"