Il trompe l'oeil: da 'arte dell'inganno' ad 'arte delle possibilità'

These research focuses on the use of the trompe l’oeil within the most recent scenario of urban art. The trompe l’oeil is a technique of representation characterized by a strong realism and by geometrical and visual illusions that induce observers to imagine a three-dimensionality even though the artwork is realized on two-dimensional surfaces. The term was coined during the Baroque period, but the knowledge of the pictorial illusions has much deeper roots; there are many examples that date back to the ancient Greece, to the Roman Empire and that continue in the following centuries, right up to the contemporary age with the Street Art, typical expression of metropolitan cities of our century. The present research aims to understand the reasons about the return of the trompe l’oeil‘s artistic taste; the goal is to analyze its symbolic and representational features in order to define both its innovative aspects and those that are in continuity with the artistic tradition.