{"product_id":"magritte-9783836503570","title":"Magritte","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaquet, Marcel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Marcel Paquet (1947-2014) obtained 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 published a number of books on such subjects as Paul Delvaux, Fernando Botero, and Hans Bellmer.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613046673682,"sku":"9783836503570","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cbdc920-45cb-4ba6-aea5-2595035c7338.jpg?v=1732385074","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/magritte-9783836503570","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}