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Magritte

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The works of Rene Magritte and the ideas that underlie them are a special case both in the history of modern art and in surrealist painting. In the search for the ""mystery"" in which things and organisms are enveloped, Magritte created pictures which, taking everyday reality as their starting point, were to follow a different logic from that to which we are accustomed. Magritte depicts the world of reality in such unsecretive superficiality that the beholder of his pictures is forced to reflect that the mystery of it is not evoked by some sentimental transfiguration, but rather by the logic of his thoughts and associations. Magritte thus invented an inimitable pictorial language which he uses to question our usual comprehension of pictures. In this book, Jacques Meuris traces Magritte's artistic development from its beginnings until the end of his life, and in doing so underlines the originality of this great Belgian Surrealist.

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Taschen

Release: January 01, 2007

ISBN: 3822836869

ISBN 13: 9783822836866

Magritte

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The works of Rene Magritte and the ideas that underlie them are a special case both in the history of modern art and in surrealist painting. In the search for the ""mystery"" in which things and organisms are enveloped, Magritte created pictures which, taking everyday reality as their starting point, were to follow a different logic from that to which we are accustomed. Magritte depicts the world of reality in such unsecretive superficiality that the beholder of his pictures is forced to reflect that the mystery of it is not evoked by some sentimental transfiguration, but rather by the logic of his thoughts and associations. Magritte thus invented an inimitable pictorial language which he uses to question our usual comprehension of pictures. In this book, Jacques Meuris traces Magritte's artistic development from its beginnings until the end of his life, and in doing so underlines the originality of this great Belgian Surrealist.

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Taschen

Release: January 01, 2007

ISBN: 3822836869

ISBN 13: 9783822836866

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Scritti: Volume II

The Mystery of Magritte

René Magritte. Catalogue Raisonné. Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés. 1918-1967. Vol. 4.

René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 4: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Colles 1918-1967

Rene Magritte: Now You See It--Now You Don't

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René Magritte: The Revealing Image

The Portable Magritte

Rene Magritte: The Empire of Images

Magritte, The True Art Of Painting

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