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Magritte
Marcel Paquet
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Description for Magritte
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption this is not a pipe , Rene Magritte (1898-1967) created an echo chamber of object and image, name and thing, reality and representation. Like other Surrealist works, Magritte's paintings combine a precise, mimetic technique with abnormal, alienating configurations which defy the laws of scale, logic, and science: a comb the size of a wardrobe, rocks that float in the sky, clouds that drift through an open door. The result is a direct yet disorientating realm, often witty, often ... Read more
From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption this is not a pipe , Rene Magritte (1898-1967) created an echo chamber of object and image, name and thing, reality and representation. Like other Surrealist works, Magritte's paintings combine a precise, mimetic technique with abnormal, alienating configurations which defy the laws of scale, logic, and science: a comb the size of a wardrobe, rocks that float in the sky, clouds that drift through an open door. The result is a direct yet disorientating realm, often witty, often ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Condition
New
Weight
580g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836503570
SKU
V9783836503570
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Ref
99-13
About Marcel Paquet
Marcel Paquet (1947-2014) obtained his doctorate in 1978 from the Free University of Brussels with a thesis entitled La difference des pensees de Kant et de Hegel dans la question de l'essence de l'art. He published a number of books on such subjects as Paul Delvaux, Fernando Botero, and Hans Bellmer.
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