Rene Magritte: 1897-1967: Thought Rendered Visible - Rilegato

Paquet, Marcel

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ISBN 10: 3836531224 ISBN 13: 9783836531221

Casa editrice: Taschen America Llc, 2012

Riassunto

The great Belgian Surrealist: Magritte's paintings give a sense of the amazing, the surprising, and the ridiculous   It is impossible to overlook the influence of René Magritte (1898-1967) on contemporary art. His surrealistic painting turns the usual order of things ironically on its head, thus restoring mystery to a world that has lost its magic.

His work typically conveys a sense of the amazing, the surprising, and the ridiculous—but also the unsettling. Without a specific message, Magritte’s paintings nonetheless speak to us, creating a connection between opposites on an associative level. Thus a dinner roll can, with complete naturalness, fly past a barred dungeon opening.

In discussing his art, Magritte spoke of "inspired thoughts": he was indeed a painter-philosopher who thought in pictorial form and moved with seemingly playful lightness in the exalted atmosphere of his own imagination.   About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
• a concise biography
• approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

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L'autore:

Marcel Paquet was born in 1947 in Jumet, Belgium. After obtaining his doctorate in 1978 from the Free University of Brussels with a thesis entitled "La Différence des Penseés de Kant et de Hegel dans la question de l'essence de l'art", he began work on a monumental "Encyclopédie philosophique de la peinture contemporaine". Dividing his time between Brussels and Paris, he has published a number of books on such subjects as Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Botero, and Hans Bellmer.

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• Editore: Taschen America Llc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3836531224
• ISBN 13: 9783836531221
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 96