Almost always, I get instantly awed by works of art be it painting, sculpture, or architecture. Right now I could think of the paintings at the Sistine Chapel, the bas relief in most cultures, the Mona Lisa, the ionic and doric columns of the Greek architecture, the Trevi Fountain, Venus de Milo, and other masterpieces that relate to world humanities. I also like contemporary art just as much as I love the archaic.
Today I learned a new concept in contemporary art that involves brilliant optical illusions. Trompe-l'oeil (pronounced as trump-LOY) is an art technique that requires extremely realistic imagery so as to create the optical illusion in that one can visualize objects as three-dimensional, when in fact it is actually a two-dimensional piece of work. Trompe-l'oeil is French for "to trick or fool the eye", and dates as far back to Baroque period in the 16th and 17th centuries as its origin.
One of its new age proponents is Julian Beever, the famous English chalk artist that implements the Trompe-l'oeil tecnnique. Not on paintings. But on pavement surfaces. As an addition, he utilizes anamorphosis to better view his "chalk paintings". He has been doing this terrific chalk art since the 1990s, and he has been commissioned by corporations around the world to create advertising images, and murals in movies.
Here are samples of Julian Beever's amazing chalk works.
Today I learned a new concept in contemporary art that involves brilliant optical illusions. Trompe-l'oeil (pronounced as trump-LOY) is an art technique that requires extremely realistic imagery so as to create the optical illusion in that one can visualize objects as three-dimensional, when in fact it is actually a two-dimensional piece of work. Trompe-l'oeil is French for "to trick or fool the eye", and dates as far back to Baroque period in the 16th and 17th centuries as its origin.
One of its new age proponents is Julian Beever, the famous English chalk artist that implements the Trompe-l'oeil tecnnique. Not on paintings. But on pavement surfaces. As an addition, he utilizes anamorphosis to better view his "chalk paintings". He has been doing this terrific chalk art since the 1990s, and he has been commissioned by corporations around the world to create advertising images, and murals in movies.
Here are samples of Julian Beever's amazing chalk works.
"Pavement Picasso" a.k.a. Julian Beever
"Mountain Dew Ad"
"Well"
"Sidewalk"
"Aveeno Ad"
"Batman and Robin"
"Village"
"Tower"
"Laptop"
"Singapore"
"Water Rafting"
I love stuff like this that captures the imagination. It puts one to a test in dissecting elements of an object and enhances the power of the artistic side of our brain. Did you enjoy staring at the images?
4 comments:
Nice...nice...so interesting!
hey twin, yes über-interesting indeed! =)
hey, i have that in my inbox too. someone forwarded. spent an hour ogling at each photo.
hi eye, isn't it awesome? =)
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