Mother and child with balloons. Trompe-l'oeil painted window. Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Trompe-l'œil, French for "deceive the eye", is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. Knaresborough’s “Town Windows” is a collection of public art works illustrating characters and events from the town’s long and rich history can be seen around the town centre on various buildings. The art works use the technique of trompe l’oeil - a painting style that sets out to ‘fool the eye’ into seeing a painted picture as something real. Knaresborough has dozens of blank windows in older buildings of the town. They are a feature of Georgian buildings. The windows were blocked to avoid window tax or incorporated in the building’s design to provide symmetry. “Town Windows” reinstates the windows by installing paintings on panels. The project has been devised and managed by Renaissance Knaresborough. Renaissance Knaresborough is the organisation set up to identify, develop and deliver projects that improve Knaresborough.

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Size: 2601px × 3500px
Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: balloons, building, child, house, knaresborough, mother, painted, painting, trompe-loeil, window, yorkshire