For Ren??? Magritte, painting was a form of thinking. Through paintings of ordinary objects rendered with illusionism, Magritte probed the limits of our perception-what we see and cannot see, the nature of representation-as a philosophical system for presenting ideas, and explored perspective as a method of visual argumentation. This book makes the claim that Magritte's painting is about vision and the act of viewing, of perception itself, and the process of how we see and experience things in the world, including paintings ...
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For Ren??? Magritte, painting was a form of thinking. Through paintings of ordinary objects rendered with illusionism, Magritte probed the limits of our perception-what we see and cannot see, the nature of representation-as a philosophical system for presenting ideas, and explored perspective as a method of visual argumentation. This book makes the claim that Magritte's painting is about vision and the act of viewing, of perception itself, and the process of how we see and experience things in the world, including paintings as things.
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VG. Color illustrated cloth boards. xvi, 139 pages: illustrations. Contents: Introduction--Bringing thought to life--The use of speech in painting--The mystery of the visible--Inspired thought--Conclusion: ends and endings. Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index.
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New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Halftones, black & white, Halftones, color, Line drawings, black & white. Routledge Research in Art History . Intended for college/higher education audience. Includes: halftones, black & white, line drawings, black & white, illustrations, black & white, halftones, color, illustrations, color.