Caravaggio returns to the half-length format of his early genre scenes, but all naturalistic bravura and illusionistic detail are gone. |
An effective illusionistic device, the lattice seems to emanate from the center of the canvas, playfully lending the work a sense of depth. |
The paintings reproduce the photographed features with illusionistic realism while leaving the surrounding heads completely flat. |
Primaticcio increased his use of foreshortening and illusionistic treatment of subjects in his later work. |
Chardin's softer, more painterly realism exhibits a Rococo temperament stylistically fused with an illusionistic aim, each moderating the other. |
Panoramas were soon overtaken by even more spectacular inventions, such as dioramas and cosmoramas, which explicitly exploited illusionistic effects. |