Even Tim Roth, chief cinema expert on lies, would not have coped: so skillfully designers learned to give out some items for others. Subject fraud excites the minds of not one century. In the 18th century, the walls of the palaces were decorated with images of false doors leading to beautiful parks, but in fact, nowhere. They also painted human figures, indistinguishable from real ones, and flower garlands, and vases filled with fruit. Moreover, a separate genre of painting was born — still lifes – frauds: not only dishes and game were carefully written out, but also, for example, pigeons, pecked grapes, or butterflies squatting on the edge of the table. By the way, if you look further, back in the centuries, the roots of this tradition can be found in ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian art.

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