{"product_id":"9783836503570-magritte","title":"Magritte","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet the Belgian Surrealist forever on the hunt for magic and mystery. This introduction to Magritte presents key works from the artist's vast repertoire of visual humor, paradox, and surprise which makes us look and look again, not only at the painting, but at our sense of self and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption \"this is not a pipe\", \u003cstrong\u003eRené Magritte (1898–1967)\u003c\/strong\u003e created an \u003cstrong\u003eecho chamber of object and image, name and thing, reality and representation\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like other Surrealist works, Magritte’s paintings combine a \u003cstrong\u003eprecise, mimetic technique \u003c\/strong\u003ewith \u003cstrong\u003eabnormal, alienating configurations\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 unsettling, and always prompting us to look beyond the visible, to “\u003cstrong\u003ewhat is hidden by what we see.\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This introductory book explores Magritte's vast repertoire of \u003cstrong\u003evisual humor, paradox, and surprise \u003c\/strong\u003ewhich to this day makes us look and look again, not only at the painting, but at our sense of self and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40827976220769,"sku":"9783836503570","price":15.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34504052.jpg?v=1748493031","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9783836503570-magritte","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}