Through the use of trompe l’oeils, a French term meaning ‘to fool the eye’, architects offer evidence of being able to or a desire to overcome material, economical and even static limitations by expanding a physical space into an imaginary one with paintings and frescos. This can be observed in the church of Sant’Ignazio, which contains two trompe l’oeils: one that adds ornament to the cupola n...

Pièce de salpingectomie réalisée par laparotomie exploratrice pour pélvi-péritonite d'une femme de 27 ans, sans antécédents pathologiques et suivie pour stérilité primaire. En per opératoire, la trompe était dilatée et recouverte de fausses membranes. A l'ouverture de la pièce, la trompe comportait une bougie déformée de 17 cm de long. La reprise de l'interrogatoire a révélé que la patiente a c...

What are the contours of such ―knowledge‖ that does double duty both as a public good or commons and as a source of individual empowerment and liberty? This article offers an analysis of the epistemological organisation of the ―knowledge economy‖ by shooting ethnographic work on Free Software through a playful trompe l‘oeil of Roy Wagner‘s classic piece on Daribi kinship. It offers a preliminar...

F details endure about the life and family circumstances of Flemish painter Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts. We know that he was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and his talent earned him a position of court painter with two Danish kings, Frederick III (1609–1675) and Christian V (1646– 1699). In 1660, Gijsbrechts was accorded membership in the prominent, influential Guild of St. Luke. Over his career...

Trompe l'oeil pictures have been produced for hundreds of years. They attempt to create the impression of a surface that has different three-dimensional structure to the work; successful examples of trompe l'oeil typically constrain the observer's viewpoint and require use of a single eye. The works of Patrick Hughes are in relief but are painted to appear like conventional flat pictures; those...

While there has been a lot of discussion of picture perception both in perceptual psychology and in philosophy, these discussions are driven by very different background assumptions. Nonetheless, it would be mutually beneficial to arrive at an understanding of picture perception that is informed by both the philosophers’ and the psychologists’ story. The aim of this paper is exactly this: to gi...