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Magritte (World of Art) First Edition

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Investigates the philosophy, art and development of the contemporary Belgian surrealist painter

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9780500201992
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978-0500201992
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First Edition
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Thames & Hudson
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May 1, 1985
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English
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5.75 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
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208 pages
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0500201994
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thames & Hudson; First Edition (May 1, 1985)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780500201992
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500201992
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches

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- #448 in Surrealist Literary Criticism
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- #1,255 in Art History (Books)

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Danno

Magritte's Monograph

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2017

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Unless you're writing your MFA thesis on Magritte, this is probably the only high-level book you'll need on the subject. It's certainly the best, with the right mix of biography, scholarly insight, and analysis. There are multiple reproductions of Magritte's work, and while (unfortunately) most of them aren't in color, most of the crucial plates are. And for those that aren't, virtually all the images can be found online in color if you look.

You will recognize many of the paintings in this book, and you will find several "new" favorite paintings here too. Sunny blue skies. bowler-hatted gents, ambiguous figures, and hooded mystery men abound, of course.

Magritte's most popular works are still indeed very popular and reproduced as posters, calendars, etc. They also are an important influence on advertising and commercial art. In fact, Magritte's imagery (along with Dali's melting watches) are the go-to graphics for when an art director wants something a bit surreal. (Pink Floyd's album covers make this point quite well). Suzi Gablik doesn't touch on this aspect of the Magritte phenomenon, but she does include information on Magritte's background in advertising and his philosophy on reproductions as being just as satisfactory a conduit for spreading ideas as the original artwork.

If all you want are Magritte's "greatest hits," then buy a calendar. If you'd like an informative monograph about the artist, buy this book!

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Lilliana Ramos-Collado

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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2018

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One of the best books on Magritte's work I have ever read. I am very glad I bought it.

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Michael P

The Treachery of Images Continues...

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012

"We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all." -- Rene Magritte

I had the pleasure of seeing Magritte on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2006. The exhibit was entitled, "The Treachery of Images," and it toyed with many of Magritte's most famous surrealist images. Further intrigued, it was Suzi Gablik's book that I subsequently picked up. As Suzi Gablik explains in her Preface, she met Magritte and his wife in 1959 and that visit resulted in an eight month stay and what would become this monograph (book). Included are excellent essays on Pop and Surrealism, The Human Condition and The Use of Words, not to mention the myriad illustrations. She lifts this curtain in concise and detailed accuracy.

In life, Magritte maintained an inconspicuous presence unlike the vainglorious and flamboyant Salvador Dali whose personality was as famous as his paintings.

The Magritte paintings I find of particular interest are the paintings within paintings: "Evening Falls" and "Le Seducteur" (The Seducer) are two of my personal favorites because of his brilliant blend of inside and outside mental phenomena. He teaches us a new way to see and interpret the mysterious world around us. His influence can even be seen in pop culture, take for instance, Jeff Beck's Beck-Ola (Exp) or the scene with Johnny Depp in Once Upon a Time in Mexico that harkens back to Magritte's "The Magician" in my opinion.

Freud once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar..." Not so with Magritte. If he said, "This is not a pipe," the journey would begin there. A jumping off point. He was always on the lookout for what has never been. The treachery continues...

We will never forget the Bowler-Hatted man and his work. At least, I know I won't.

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Jenny Gilford

Top Quality Reproductions, Good Value for Money

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2004

If you are looking for a book offering lengthy and in-depth discussions about Magritte and his paintings, then this isn't the book for you. If, on the other hand, you are primarily interested in seeing good quality reproductions of a selection of his work, then this is an excellent choice.

Although there is a decent several-page overview of Magritte at the start of the book, the main focus is the 48 full-page reproductions, each accompanied by a brief commentary. These commentaries do not offer much, but I personally am not really interested in someone else's interpretations of an artist's pictures, and Magritte himself said there was no 'required' interpretation for his paintings anyway.

The book was a real 'grower' for me - some of the pictures that I didn't initially like I came to love over time - I feel they can have the power to speak to you very personally, and as a consequence this is a book I keep coming back to.

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