Not exact matches
Other ones have to be designed in a 3D
space,
like the nine cubes, they were different
illusions so we spent a lot
of time on the computer figuring out that
space and how everything had to exist.
With the right fire installed
like the ones
Illusion Fires Australia offer, you get a central focus to the room and a feature that brings a touch
of luxury to the
space too.
In addition to adding personality, you can also incorporate reflective objects
like mirrors to help bounce light around the
space or to create the
illusion of slightly more square footage.
No matter how large those dungeons or locations are, they still feel
like confined
spaces to me, and that destroys the
illusion of being in another world.
But Borremans» style, its inherent drama, the way his subjects clog up the frame, the way they somehow seem to exist in a
space between the surface
of the canvas and the trompe l'oeil
illusion, owes more to painters
of prior generations,
like Manet, Velázquez, or Caravaggio.
The luminous color
space of the background is simultaneously flat and volumetric,
like a cloudless sky; it is a resolutely abstract
space that asserts the two dimensional nature
of painting and creates a dynamic contrast to the
illusion of volume in the foreground.
From peep - show -
like chambers to multimedia experiences, Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms offer the chance to step into an
illusion of infinite
space.
In yet a third
space, a phantom car bristling with fireworks floated
like a ghost through the glittering
illusion of Times Square at night.
He has rightly been regarded as a consummately perceptual painter — the interaction
of the dots covering his canvases makes the most out
of a very limited palette — but what struck me about his oil paintings in particular was how tactile they felt, with the
illusion of space seeming to change,
like the surface
of a mosaic, as you move from side to front to side.
The structure
of Craycroft's installation borrows from early stop - motion animation techniques
like the 20th century setback camera, which gave the
illusion of forms moving through real
space by filming animation cells on a horizontal glass plane placed in front
of a miniature forced perspective set.
This transformation from an object - based system
of communication to an increasingly virtual method
of transmission is mirrored in abstract painting's move from an embodiment
of frontal
space, manifested through color, form and canvas shape, towards the
illusion of infinite
space, rendered with digital -
like precision.
I
like to pit flat areas against areas that convey the
illusion of three - dimensional
space.
Pictorial
space and
illusion have often parted ways in the time
of abstraction, only to be reunited by clever topologists
like McNeil, who twist and toy with our perceptions in ways that never cease to delight.
An abstract painting doesn't purport to create the
illusion of human
space, and if it does, it's not really abstract (e.g., Kandinsky's later work); therefore, it runs the risk
of being experienced as a mere object,
like a bad figurative painting.
Many great painters exploit the undiscovered possibilities
of their chosen medium — think
of van Gogh treating brushstrokes
like woodcarving, or J.M.W. Turner creating the
illusion of space from thin washes
of color.
When there's no contrast (the strong distinction between two values
like black and white), the eye is able to move through a room uninterrupted, which creates the
illusion of additional
space.
The two main reasons we felt moving the sink to that side
of the kitchen wouldn't work were 1) we thought the window was too low for a counter (we've confirmed it isn't too low at all, it was just an optical
illusion) 2) once we realized the window wasn't actually too low, we didn't
like that in order to have a view
of the backyard, the sink would be squished to one side
of the kitchen and off center in the
space.
Painting the hallway in all one colour will create the
illusion of more
space and using a colour
like this will also generate a great first impression!
So often large commercial
spaces like this lack warmth without the addition
of textiles, so instead we created a feeling
of warmth by working with materials which gave the
illusion of texture - such as coating the bar in brushed copper sheeting, and covering the back wall with wallpaper which replicates an old flint wall.
Now, I am under no
illusions that this
space stays
like this all the time or even some
of the time.
An inexpensive trellis panel,
like THIS one, was taken apart, painted with black spray paint and hung using cup hooks to give the
illusion of a more defined
space.
Delineating areas for adults to cook, lounge and entertain, as well as spots for kids to play, organizes your yard and creates the
illusion of space — which is especially important for any mid-sized city property,
like this 2,500 - square - foot one.