Faking It and Trompe-l'oeil
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The Trompble Painting
Trompble painting has a long history of smuggling in kind of crypto controversy and cind of make messages. There was times when you could express being a catholic, when it was very dangerousto or dissent for a monarch,. Because you you'd paint a certain animal or bird. And that is fascinating, that, in a way, that's always been there. But i like the balance between form and content. So for instance, i can describe one painting. It's a table top with a lot of objects on it - but every object on the table was made by some one who is a celebrated creative person. The artist says he doesn't want his work to be shocking
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