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Trompe-l'œil (French for 'deceive the eye'; /trɒmpˈlɔɪ/ tromp-LOY; French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] ) is an
artistic term for the
highly realistic optical illusion...
- A
trompe is a water-powered air compressor,
commonly used
before the
advent of the electric-powered compressor. A
trompe is
somewhat like an
airlift pump...
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Trompe le
Monde is the
fourth studio album by the
American alternative rock band Pixies,
released on
September 23, 1991 on 4AD in the
United Kingdom and...
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Cephenemyia trompe, also
known as the
reindeer nose botfly, is a
species of
botfly first described by
Adolph Modéer in 1786. It
belongs to the deer botfly...
- "
Trompe L'Oeil" is the
seventh episode in the
first season of the HBO
science fiction western thriller television series Westworld. The
episode aired on...
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Pardon Mon
Affaire (French title: Un éléphant ça
trompe énormément, in
English literally An
Elephant Can Be
Extremely Deceptive) is a 1976
French comedy...
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under the name of Abbé
Carlos Herrera. In prison, he got the
nickname "
Trompe-la-Mort" ("Dodgedeath" or "Cheats-Death"),
because he
managed to
avoid the...
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Restoration and the July Monarchy. His 1800
painting Un
Trompe-l'œil
introduced the term
trompe-l'œil ("trick the eye"),
applied to the
technique that...
- Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary. The band
continued to tour and
released Trompe le
Monde in 1991,
their final album before their break-up. The
album included...
- the band to
record Bossanova (1990). The band's
final studio album was
Trompe le
Monde (1991). The
recording sessions were fractious, and the
whole band...
