CUBISM AND THE TROMPE L'OEIL TRADITION

This book shows how Picasso, Braque, and Gris parodied classic trompe loeil motifs and devices while inventing playful, original ways of challenging the viewers perception. Insightful, handsomely illustrated essays explore connections between the Cubists and the trompe loeil artists of earlier centuries with whom they engaged in creative one-upmanship. Essays discuss the previously unstudied trompe loeil iconography within Cubist still lifes/ the history of the trompe loeil genre and its changing status over the centuries/ the materials and processes used in Griss collages/ Braques grounding in trompe loeil interior decoration techniques/ and more. Over one hundred illustrated works juxtapose Cubist paintings, drawings, and collages with related compositions by the old masters