This approach helped shape the New Realism movement, transforming perceptions of painting and viewer interaction with art. Jenney’s work brought together idealism and realism in innovative ways, and ...

“..Like many others, Schalcken drew on the illusionistic skills and wide-ranging store of motifs current among exponents of Leiden ‘fine’ painting; yet he ...

Illusionist elements can also be found in Rembrandt's work. While Hoogstraten developed illusionistic painting into one of his specialties and was able to impress Emperor Ferdinand III in Vienna ...