Spectacular 1888 trompe l’oeil pattern in the Capitol Rotunda
/The restoration of the spectacular 1888 trompe l’oeil pattern in the Capitol Rotunda is complete. This style of painting is an art technique that creates an optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
The restoration of the spectacular 1888 trompe l’oeil pattern in the Capitol Rotunda is complete. This style of painting is an art technique that creates an optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
This style of painting, called trompe l’oeil, is an art technique that creates an optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
Artists from EverGreene Architectural Arts hand painted the 1888 patterns on canvas. The hand-painted canvases were very carefully installed and then the artists touched up the paint.
