A Deceiving Eye

[steepholm]

I saw what I thought was a rather beautiful trompe-l'œil painting earlier, but it turned out to be a common or garden 3D object. Is the fact that I was disappointed an index of my decadence? What would Plato say?

Comments

[kalypso]

Isn't there a pleasure in spotting an artful deceit?

[steepholm]

Certainly, a great one - but perhaps that kind of pleasure is what is meant by decadence? To enjoy something because it's not real, more than you would have enjoyed the reality.

[sovay]

What would Plato say?

Worry about Marcel Duchamp.

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