"The most noble of the senses": anamorphosis, trompe-l'oeil, and other optical illusions in Early Modern art

Contents

Introduction / Lilian H. Zirpolo -- Una vista amirabile: remarks on the illusionary interplay between real and painted windows in 16th century Italy / Sören Fischer -- Anamorphosis as a tool for presenting erotic subjects: some remarks on Jan Ziarnko's lovers / Małgorzata Biłozór-Salwa -- Consonant and dissonant perspectives: Carel Fabritius' A View in Delft (1652) / Caroline Fowler -- Mirror art: Early Modern catoptric devices in books, collections, and demonstrations / Marie Theres Stauffer -- Perspective, illusion, and devotion: the Chapel of S. Agnese in Sant' Agnese in Agone / Fabio Colonnese -- Trompe l'oeil as ironic art / Mateusz Salwa -- Agency and illusion: free will and the perspectival constructions of Andrea Pozzo / Alexander Watkins -- Illusions in Portuguese Baroque azulejos / Maria do Rosário Salema de Carvalho.