Deceptions and illusions
Subtitle: five centuries of trompe l'oeil painting
By: Sybille Ebert-Schifferer ; with essays by Sybille Ebert-Schifferer ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
Publisher: National Gallery of Art; Lund Humphries
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington; [Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K; Burlington, Vt.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Trompe l'oeil painting; Still-life painting
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: Trompe l'oeil : the underestimated trick / Sybille Ebert-Schifferer; title: The misperception of reality / Wolf Singer; title: Honest lies : the meaning, language, and instruments of trompe l'oeil / Alberto Veca; title: Illusionism in Dutch and Flemish art / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.; title: Con artists : Harnett, Haberle, and their American accomplices / Paul Staiti; title: Catalogue; title: The grapes of Zeuxis; title: The curtain of Parrhasios; title: Xenia and trophies of the hunt; title: Giotto's fly and the observation of nature; title: Temptation for the hand; title: Things on the wall; title: Niches, cupboards, cabinets; title: In and out of the picture; title: The painting as object; title: The object as art.