The works of Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967) 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 ...
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The works of Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967) 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.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight dust jacket edge wear. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Physical description; 216 pages, color illustrations; 31 cm. Notes; Edition published on the publishers 25th anniversary. Original edition published in 1991. Translation from the French of: René Magritte, ADAGP, Paris, 1988. Subjects; Magritte, René 1898-1967 Criticism and interpretation. Surrealism Belgium. Painters Belgium Biography. Peintres Belgique Biographies. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.
Christmas gift for my daughter. This is one of her favorite painters. She had just come from Belgium where she has seen an original so the timing was perfect. She will keep it on her coffee table and enjoy his work frequently!
