illusionism

It is obvious that his background did not lack knowledge of illusionism and magic.

She flung scale, gravity, continuity, and illusionism around at will.

Its geometry and built-in illusionism dictate that it cannot be seen whole'.

Like other Egyptian structures a common technique used was symbolism, or illusionism.

He was a pioneer of abstract illusionism in the 1970s.

The fusion of geometry and illusionism succeeds so well as to seem perfectly natural.

Sculptural illusionism includes works, often painted, that appear real from a distance.

All the modes are explored, from illusionism to abstraction.

The effect approaches but doesn't quite reach a magical, dematerialized illusionism.

He wanted an art beyond composition, allusion, illusionism, metaphysics and hierarchy.

It must avoid "illusionism," meaning not just subject matter, but also any discernible break between background and foreground.

Two startling elements combat the illusionism (and brownness) of this painting.

"It's about dividing and placing spaces next to one another, not about illusionism.

"Illusionism is something that people have enjoyed for centuries," Diana Wheeler, the director of community development, said.

How much more pertinent is this observation when applied to sculpture rather than the two-dimensional illusionism of painting.

When a Davies novel works, you're aware (as the author intends you to be) of how close his artistry comes to illusionism.

Tom Moody's large, quiltlike paper works wed illusionism and materialism.

When the painted surface prevails, texture and pattern dominate, only to lose ground to photographic illusionism.

The tiny tesserae allowed very fine detail, and an approach to the illusionism of painting.

His particular mural style sparked the term "Narrative Illusionism".

It is a surreal kind of illusionism, centuries ahead of its time and vaguely disquieting.

Such artists made significant advances in natural representation and illusionism, and their work often features complex iconography.

He banishes the usual consolations: fantasy, illusionism, personal expression, idealism and metaphysics.

He's sort of in between what came before him in art and the illusionism of the High Renaissance."

These works, one embracing realism, the other illusionism, ignore the then fashionable emphasis on abstraction and flatness in painting.