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Definition of Illusionistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illusionistic
Literary usage of Illusionistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Optical Corrections in the Sculpture of Donatello by Robert Munman (1985)
"But the intuitive perspective of these works prevents their complete illusionistic
success. Following Masaccio's Trinity, the earliest painting to use ..."
2. Sienese Renaissance Tomb Monuments by Robert Munman (1993)
"Indeed, the Bardini design more closely imitates the illusionistic effects of
the Pecci relief than any other tomb slab. As found in the Pecci design, ..."
3. The Derveni Krater: Masterpiece of Classical Greek Metalwork by Beryl Barr-Sharrar (2007)
"On the Derveni krater, the illusionistic device with locks of hair is more
dramatically rendered in the two masks of Underworld gods on side B of the ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1906)
"All art strives to create the illusion of reality under self- imposed conditions ;
and, if we call that art specially 1 illusionistic ' which makes mere ..."
5. Continental Stagecraft by Kenneth Macgowan, Robert Edmond Jones (1922)
"The living actor, with his three-dimensional being, clashes with the two-dimensional
painting. The result is bad from a realistic or illusionistic ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the lighting is carefully calculated with a view to illusionistic effect under
the local conditions, so that the conception of an outlook into external ..."
7. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... is not propounding any illusionistic theory of change, but only giving the
logical analysis of concept of change. His consideration are lingustic and ..."
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