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Discover more definitions, techniques and other artistic content on our website: Works featured: Benvenuto Tisi Called Il Garofalo, Treasure Room Fresco (1503-1506), National Archaeological Museum Of Ferrara. Pompeian Painter, Still Life With Glass Bowl Of Fruit And Vases (63-79), Naples National Archaeological Museum. Pere Borrell Del Caso, Escaping Criticism (1874), Bank Of Spain Headquarters (Banco De España), Madrid. Jan Van Eyck, Annunciation (1439), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Antonio Pérez De Aguilar, Cupboard (), Museo Nacional De Arte, Mexico. Nicola Van Houbraken, Self-Portrait (C. 1720), Uffizi. Francesco Borromini, Forced Perspective Gallery, Palazzo Spada, Italy. Image Credits: Livioandronico2013 (Cc By-Sa 4.0) Alessandro And Giovanni Battista Maganza And Anselmo Canera, Interiour From La Rotunda (1567-1592), Villa Capra “La Rotonda“ (Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana), Veneto, Italy. Image Credits: Hans A. Ro