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Huge Window "Trompe Romp"

HAPPY WINDOW WEDNESDAY(S) !!

IT'S ALL JUST PAINT ON A WALL!

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At the bottom of my photo you can see the outdoor ceiling of the first story of a big old building. Everything above that is just paint on a blank, second-story wall. I have unskewed my photo, so that the viewer (you) seems to be looking directly AT the painted image, rather than UP at it.

 

My photo is a partial view of a huge (400 sq. meter) trompe l'oeil (optical illusion) painting.

 

The painting is meant to be a look into the past. Decades ago, the building housed a grand multi-story department store, "The Globe" (or Globus). The 1990 painting is a bit faded now.

 

Alsace, France is replete with all kinds of trompe l'oeil (optical illusion) paintings. I have put a number of examples in my photo stream. Many of them are in my album, Dan's Windows.

 

Location: Mulhouse, Alsace FR.

 

In my album: Dan's Windows.

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Uploaded on September 8, 2021
Taken on June 6, 2016