Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition

Emily Braun, Elizabeth Cowling, Claire Le Thomas , Rachel Mustalish

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
16 December 2022

Art Treatments & Subjects

A pioneering study of how Picasso, Braque, and Gris engaged with the pictorial tradition of illusion and deception in their influential Cubist works

The age-old tradition of pictorial illusionism, known as trompe l’oeil (“deceive the eye”), employs visual tricks that confound the viewer’s perception of reality and fiction, truth and falsehood. This radically new take on Cubism shows how Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Juan Gris both parodied and paid homage to classic trompe l’oeil themes and motifs with wit and invention. More than one hundred illustrated works juxtapose Cubist paintings, drawings, and collages with related compositions by the old masters. Essays based on new research explore connections between the Cubists and the trompe l’oeil specialists of earlier centuries and their games of creative one-upmanship. The informed and engaging texts trace the changing status of trompe l’oeil over the centuries, reveal Braque’s training in artisanal trompe l’oeil techniques as an integral part of his Cubist practice, examine the materials used in Gris’s collages, and discuss the previously unstudied trompe l’oeil iconography within Cubist still lifes—including newspapers, word puns, pictures-within-pictures, imitation wood grain, and tools of the trade.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

(October 20, 2022–January 22, 2023)

By: Emily Braun, Elizabeth Cowling
Contributions by: Claire Le Thomas, Rachel Mustalish
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9781588396761
ISBN 10: 1588396762
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 16 December 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily Braun is distinguished professor of art history at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and curator of the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Elizabeth Cowling is professor emeritus and honorary fellow in the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh.

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Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition

Emily Braun, Elizabeth Cowling, Claire Le Thomas , Rachel Mustalish

$82.95

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