Contributions

  • Tate Gallery Liverpool - Contributor
  • Graphische Sammlung Albertina - Contributor

Publication

2011 - Distributed in the United States and Canada by Abrams, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Better World Books9781849760034

Classifications

  • LCCND673.M35 M33 2011
  • LCCND673.M35M33 2011
  • LCCND673.M21 M34 2011

Alternate Titles

  • René Magritte - the pleasure principle.

Description

The Belgian painter, printmaker, sculptor, and filmmaker Rene; Magritte (1898-1967) was one of the leading figures in the Surrealist movement, producing some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. His trademark flat, inexpressive manner, combining apparently mundane, everyday scenes with elements of the fantastic or erotic, created a disturbing, dreamlike atmosphere that is all his own. He remained faithful to Surrealism throughout his career and developed a vocabulary of symbols--floating rocks, bowler-hatted men carrying umbrellas, incongruous nudes, concealed or shrouded faces--that is among the most recognizable in modern painting. This book explores the full scope of Magritte's work through the format of an A to Z, fully illustrated in color, with entries written by a range of international scholars. The entries under the letter A alone--Absence, Abstraction, Appropriation, Anonymity, Artifice, Automatism, and Automatic Writing--show how this approach reveals and explores the themes and motivations in this most enigmatic artist's work.

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