I decided to go with painted buildings that use the trompe-l’oeil technique, creating optical illusions, which make windows, shutters, bricks, etc. appear to be three-dimensional.
(taken in Santa Margherita Ligure)
(taken in Acqui Terme)
Close up of the trompe-l’oeil technique above the door
All but the shutters are painted in this photo.
(taken in Santa Margherita Ligure)
This one really fooled me. I thought the shutters were real at first.
(taken in Acqui Terme)
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Interesting selection, very ornate .
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Hello, I love every one of these. Don’t you just love how they paint windows and shutters where there is not one. I was so taken with that, the first time I realized I was looking at a painted window and shutters.
Hope you have a great week end.
Sandra
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Great ideas for this week’s photohunt. They really do look lifelike. Quite a talent to use this painting technique. menehune
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Wow — amazing tricks of the eye! Great photos, Girasoli.
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LOVE it!! I think this one is my favorite for this week. ;)
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These are wonderful choice for the theme. I love it!
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These are really amazing.. all of them fooled me.
They are just lovely!
Mine is up here.
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Great shots – this style of painting was quite common in Piemonte. I don’t recall seeing as much of it elsewhere in Italy though.
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I saw so much of this on the Ligurian coast… Isn’t it incredible? Unless I touch it I can’t believe it sometimes…
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Wow, Love all your entries. They all looked pretty real to me. :)
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Very cool.
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Very colourful shutters. To me they looked real too. If you hadn’t written about the optical illusions I wouldn’t have noted the diference.
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great job on the hunt, as usual.
There were a lot of those paintings in Genoa, too.
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What a great collection of photos! They are all great images. The illusion of that last one is amazing!
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Hi Girasoli, wow these do look 3-D! I love your selections for this week’s theme! I think I would’ve been fooled too on that one photo!
Have a great Sunday!
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The trompe-l’oiels are marvellous. THey look so realistic!
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These are great! I’ve never seen this technique before, they look fabulous.
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Great pictures. I love that effect also!
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This is amazing and so beautiful!
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Lovely shots for this week’s theme for painted :)
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These are wonderful collection of trompe-l’oeil. I saw many in France also. They would often add an painted ‘window’ to balance a wall of a building.
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A week late but who’s counting. Wonderful choice for the theme! Spotting the trompe-l’oeil on the buildings in SML is one of my favorite things to do while there.
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A belated thank you everyone for your comments!! The trompe-l’oeil effect is pretty amazing and fun to photograph :)
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