The monk in the garden seen in the doorway is an example of
"trompe l'oeil". The entire scene is fake, the intention
being to make the "estate" appear larger than it in fact is.
Linear perspective has been used to "fool the eye" or
"trompe l'oeil" of the beholder. Sometimes "trompe l'oeil"
is intended as a joke, but not always. "Trompe l'oeil" has
been used on garden walls to make gardens appear larger than
they really are. It has also been used within rooms of palaces
to make palace rooms appear larger or more lavish than they in
fact are (just as wax fruit in bowls have been used to create
an "appearance"). The gardens and palaces of aristocrats were
not above bourgeois or parvenu values, and the "orders" or
columns of palaces could raise an eyebrow as well.
The illustration above attempts to persuade the viewer that what
is shown, is real. However, trompe l'oeil can also be used to persuade
the viewer of something which can't possibly be real.
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