'pictorial illusion' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to a visual effect that gives an incorrect or misleading impression of reality, such as an optical illusion. For example, "The painting had a captivating pictorial illusion that made it look almost three dimensional."
They suggest that space itself -- as actual volume, as pictorial illusion and as emotional void -- may be one of Mr. Stingel's foremost themes.
The experimental investigation of what reality meant in artistic terms then took a daring turn that was unparalleled since pictorial illusion had been isolated five centuries earlier.
Throughout this show of original drawings, woodcuts and lithographic prints, there's a constant dance between 2D and 3D, what we take as real and pictorial illusion.
"Perspective Correction" (1969) reflects a Vermeer-like interest in optics, perception and pictorial illusion, but it may also make you think of Astaire dancing on the ceiling.
Rembrandt's late works (after 1651) show a fundamental change in the means with which he created pictorial illusion [4].
In particular an artist like Rembrandt knew exactly which materials to combine, in order to achieve his intended painterly effects and pictorial illusion, while manipulating color contrast, texture and translucency of the paint.
As time passed, Mr. Berlant turned to flat rectangles, fusing obsessive physicality with smartly tricked out pictorial illusions.
Recent results have shown that effects of pictorial illusions in grasping may decrease over the course of an experiment.
Mark Khaisman shares a few words on his work with The Creators Project: "My works are pictorial illusions formed by light and shadow.
Support for this view is garnered from reports that visually guided - but not memory-guided - responses are refractory to the context-dependent properties of pictorial illusions [18] [21].
However, the degree to which pictorial illusions provide a systematic and reliable means to address the timeframe of dorsal visual processing is questioned by accumulating evidence that illusions "trick" both visually and memory-guided responses [22] [25; for reviews of this issue see 26 27].
