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il·lu·sion·ism

(ĭ-lo͞o′zhə-nĭz′əm)
n.
1. Philosophy
a. The doctrine that the material world is an immaterial product of the senses.
b. The doctrine that free will is contradicted by determinism and is only an apparent phenomenon.
2. The use of illusionary techniques and devices in art or decoration.

il·lu′sion·is′tic adj.
il·lu′sion·is′ti·cal·ly adv.
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illusionism

(ɪˈluːʒəˌnɪzəm)
n
1. (Philosophy) philosophy the doctrine that the external world exists only in illusory sense perceptions
2. the use of highly illusory effects in art or decoration, esp the use of perspective in painting to create an impression of three-dimensional reality
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il•lu•sion•ism

(ɪˈlu ʒəˌnɪz əm)

n.
a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
[1835–45]
il•lu`sion•is′tic, adj.
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illusionism

a theory or doctrine that the material world is wholly or nearly wholly an illusion. — illusionist, n.illusionistic, adj.
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All these vocabularies (save the magical thrills of 19th-century illusionism) including the canvas and timber solution, reproduce themselves in theatre-making because they hold a place in the curriculum of theatre training institutes, at the university and in drama schools (such as the National School of Drama, Delhi).
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Chapter Six treats "Other Positions" such as van Inwagen's mysterianism, Smilansky's illusionism, and Vargas's revisionism.
Born in 1977 and educated at Newcastle (BTEC, 1996); Glasgow (BA, 1999); Maryland Institute College of Art, US (1999) and Cardiff (MA, 2008), Youll's current work bears strong affinities to US West Coast clay: bright colours, material illusionism, whiffs of surrealist objects and an undisclosing, enigmatic quality that critic Peter Selz called in the original context "Funk".
His skill in illusionism enables these paintings to reveal how the genesis of figuration lies with abstraction; "abstract" and "figurative" are neither impermeable categories nor cladistic strangers.
It is out of this ambiguity, produced by what he describes as the tension between illusionism and anti-illusionism, that Burwick creates the binary model which is to shape the pattern of his monograph: 'Romantic drama ...