"Comparing realistic still-life paintings to trompe l'oeils, Hanneke Grootenboer shows how deceptive images playfully call attention to the limits of our perception. Challenging our vision, such images invite us to philosophize on the radical yet subtle differences between truth and deception." "Connecting contemporary critical theory with close readings of seventeenth-century Dutch still-life, trompe l'oeil, and anamorphic imagery, The Rhetoric of Perspective puts forth the claim that painting is a form of thinking and that perspective functions as the language of the image. Aided by a full-color gallery, Grootenboer demonstrates how these deceptive images skillfully articulate the complexities of the visual and, consequently, gain new relevance in the context of recent interest in visual theory."--Jacket.
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