Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Philosophy The doctrine that the material world is an immaterial product of the senses.
- noun The use of illusionary techniques and devices in art or decoration.
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- noun The performance of
magical tricks . - noun The theory of dealing with
illusions . - noun The doctrine that the material world is an illusion.
- noun The use of
illusionary effects in sculpture and art.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The question of illusionism is explored, largely through an examination of the periodical reviews, such as Lady Morgan's, with their subtle emphasis on questions of memory, personal history and place — in short, on private subjectivity — in the face of fragmentation, dislocation, and distraction which were obvious features of the popular, mass viewing experience.
Article Abstracts 2005
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I would add the term 'illusionism' to this list to specifically refer to the simulation of visual experience light, color, and linear perspective.
Realism and its Synonyms James Gurney 2008
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The various offshoots of Kantian philosophy are incorrectly regarded as developments of idealism; it is more accurate to describe them as "illusionism" or
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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To enhance the illusionism of his work, Barker devised clever feats of stagecraft and optical tricks that would be widely imitated in later panoramas, including the Panorama Mesdag.
A Physical Place of Enchanting Illusion Jonathan Lopez 2011
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The flat, featureless and suitably inhuman vacuum for their electronic sounds is classically postmodern and a creepy precursor of cinema's depthless green screen illusionism.
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For decades "Les Demoiselles" had been referred to as the "first Cubist picture" because of the way its fragmented forms and crystalline spaces broke with 500 years of eye-fooling illusionism that began with the Renaissance.
The Man Who Taught Us to See Eric Gibson 2011
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The materials might be minimal but the effects are a sublime bit of illusionism, elegantly conjuring alternative worlds one minute, and turning back to bits of string the next.
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In keeping with this gender illusionism, Candy was both a work of art and the artist who created it.
Caroline Hagood: New Documentary Tries to Solve the Riddle of Andy Warhol's Candy Darling 2010
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Caravaggio's potent illusionism is challenged by the astonishing construction of the painting, a slow swirl of forms that press outward from the composition's depths, a loop of light against bottomless darkness described by Saul's open arms and the horse's curved back, blocked by the "fence" of legs across the center of the picture, where human and equine limbs interlace with thundering intensity.
A Transfiguring Moment Karen Wilkin 2010
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Caravaggio's potent illusionism is challenged by the astonishing construction of the painting, a slow swirl of forms that press outward from the composition's depths, a loop of light against bottomless darkness described by Saul's open arms and the horse's curved back, blocked by the "fence" of legs across the center of the picture, where human and equine limbs interlace with thundering intensity.
A Transfiguring Moment Karen Wilkin 2010
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