There is a whole raft of artwork generically referred to as trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") art. French people would pronounce that "tromp ler-yee" but it's too damn hard for English-speakers, so we corrupt it to "tromp loy-ee". (The French say 'lingerie' "lanz-yair-ee", well what would they know, it's "londjeray" as all English speakers know.) Well anyway it's easier - and perhaps truer too - to call all kinds of trompe l'oeil art PUNOGRAPHY, (say it pun-og-graphy), meaning "art with ambiguity". There are many different types of trompe l'oeil: mirror art, curved mirror art, invertable art, optical illusions, impossible perspectives, oh never you mind, I'd never be able to name all the different types even if I tried, because some examples are unique to sole artists. One of the most famous and prolific trompe l'oeil arists was none other than Leonardo da Vinci, but I won't elaborate, you can find some examples yourself.
As I say there are many trompe l'oeil artists, but deservedly the most famous is MC Escher.
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