1. The Brotherhood Building
Artist Richard Haas

2. What’s real. Haas can make a flat wall appear to be a 3D scene
What’s real? Haas can make a flat wall appear to be a 3D scene. Haas exaggerates shadows to give the feeling of depth.
Do you think the people in the neighborhood enjoy this mural?
How do you think it has changed their environment?
Can you think of a large blank wall in your school or town that could benefit from having a mural painted on it?
Murals like this are public art. They are seen by hundreds or thousands of people each year.

3. Side view of the building.

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Great video by CBS Sunday morning. Only 6 min. long.

6. Born in 1936 in Spring Green, Wisconsin (87 years old)

7. His childhood home was only a couple of miles from Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture school. He worked as a stonemason assistant and learned all about architecture.
Large picture is Taliesin-Wright’s school. Bottom right is Gamage at ASU designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

8. On a trip to Italy he was very impressed with the architecture.

9. He was also fascinated by the murals by Michelangelo and Raphael and how they used perspective that fooled the eye into believing a scene had depth.

10. He earned his master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota.
He moved to New York and began painting pictures of buildings and was a professor teaching others about art.

11. He started painting murals on buildings in 1970
He started painting murals on buildings in He eventually stopped teaching to devote all his time to making murals. The style of his work is called trompe-l’oeil which means to “fool the eye”. His art creates optical illusions that look very realistic to the viewer. He is the most well-known architectural muralist living today. His work can be seen in cities all over the world, including here in Phoenix!
This mural by Richard Haas is found in Chase Field where the AZ Diamondbacks play baseball.

12. This building can also be found in Phoenix at 3440 E. Roeser St
This building can also be found in Phoenix at 3440 E. Roeser St. in Phoenix at the Thunderbird Fire and Safety Equipment Building.

13. Other examples of trompe-l’oeil buildings…

19. Key words Trompe-l’oeil Optical illusions Murals Realistic
Three-dimensional
Symmetrical
Depth
Perspective
Shading

20. Let’s try it! Use shadows
Shading (is on the side opposite the light source)
Darker, more detailed images appear closer
Larger in foreground, smaller in background
Smaller images higher on the page
Have fun!!!