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Four Trompe l'Oeil Details

McCausland, Toronto

circa 1960

The window within a window motif is expressed in three elements here: the red roundel, the golden glow illuminating the scene, and the green curtain that draws attention to itself by using different structural shapes than the red and gold sections. Even the candlelight is a miniature version of the surrounding golden glow.

 

Four Trompe l'Oeil Details