by Anna Maria Giusti · Mandragora · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788874611409
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«Art and illusions» is the catalogue of the trompe-l'oeil exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi edited by Annamaria Giusti, in paperback (Mandragora, 318 pp., English).
The catalogue traces the history of trompe-l'oeil from antiquity to the present through masterpieces of painting. It includes essays by Cristina Acidini, Andrea Baldinotti and other specialists, as well as reproductions of the exhibited works, mostly in color, showing the genre's illusionistic devices.
The exhibition was held at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence from October 16, 2009 to January 24, 2010. The book includes bibliographical references (pp. 307-315).
For readers interested in art history and the visual techniques of pictorial illusionism.
