University of California, Berkeley ARCHITECTURE VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY S * P * I * R * O Query Form HELP: Period or Topic any 20th Century 19th Century 17 & 18th C North American Colonial. General Renaissance Gothic-late 12th to early 16th C, Europe Romanesque-560 to 1200 CE, Christian Europe Byzantine-after 560 CE, East Early Christian-to 560 CE, East & West African-to 1799 Roman-500 BCE to ...

Gothic images and narratives of medieval art, architecture and history.

Well, OK, the bridge is a real bridge. But none of the stonework on this bridge is real. The Community Bridge mural project transformed this plain concrete bridge in Frederick, Maryland, near Washington D.C., into the stunning illusion of an old stone bridge. The entire structure was painted by hand by an artist and his assistants, using advanced trompe l'oeil ( deceive the eye ) techniques.