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Re: Use of trompe l'oeil - trick of the eye in museums
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Carol Kocian <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:35:40 -0400
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Look up Frederick, Maryland. They have quite a few trompe l'oeil artworks
various places around town.

I think it's the Philadelphia Art museum that has a Peale painting of
someone going up stairs. Right below the painting is a 3-d step.

-Carol


> Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, suggestions about the use of "trick
> of the eye" imagery at museums?
>
> I am interested in two things: the general use of these types of images,
> and their potential as way finding tools.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dirk
>
> Dirk Van Tuerenhout, Ph.D.
> Curator of Anthropology
> Houston Museum of Natural Science
> 5555 Hermann Park Drive
> Houston TX 77030
> (713) 639-4674

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