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ISBN-10: 0-345-09773-4
ISBN-13: 9780345097736
Publisher: Ballantine
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Year: December 1, 1972
Edition: First Edition
Number of pages: 96
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0-345-09773-4
ISBN-13: 9780345097736
Publisher: Ballantine
Country:
Year: December 1, 1972
Edition: First Edition
Number of pages: 96
Binding: Paperback
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Jose Maria Faerna, René Magritte, Alberto Curotto (translator)
Abradale/Abrams; 1996
Hardcover
10.) Magritte
Siegfried Gohr, René Magritte, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (author)
San Francisco Museum; 2000
Paperback
Jean-Michel Goutier, Renilde Hammacher, René Magritte, Bernard NoEl, Bernard NoIl, Jean Roudaut, Sarah Whitefeld, Daniel Abadie (Eds.), Patrick Roegiers (Eds.), Alain Robbe-Grillet (contribution)
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers; 2003
Hardcover
Steingrim Laursen, René Magritte, Katrine Molstrom, Lise Kaiser (Eds.)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; 2001
Paperback
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Rene Magritte, a master of fantastic art, was born in Lessines, Belgium in 1898, and despite the age in which he lived – the growth of mass media and mass communication – preferred to live his life in a small suburb of Brussels, painting what he liked to pain and caring little for the theories of his Surrealist contemporaries. The forth paintings illustrated in this book need no words – what Magritte did more than anything else was to p aint meticulously familliar, even personal objects, in unfamiliar, even startling settings – out of context at first sight in both time and place. If beauty lies in the eye of the beholder then so too does understanding – in the interpretation of Magritte's work the eye, the mind and the heart all compete without a fixed formula or equation but with equal claims.
Rene Magritte, a master of fantastic art, was born in Lessines, Belgium in 1898, and despite the age in which he lived – the growth of mass media and mass communication – preferred to live his life in a small suburb of Brussels, painting what he liked to pain and caring little for the theories of his Surrealist contemporaries. The forth paintings illustrated in this book need no words – what Magritte did more than anything else was to p aint meticulously familliar, even personal objects, in unfamiliar, even startling settings – out of context at first sight in both time and place. If beauty lies in the eye of the beholder then so too does understanding – in the interpretation of Magritte's work the eye, the mind and the heart all compete without a fixed formula or equation but with equal claims.
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This installation of the Modern Master series surveys the work of Rene Magritte, one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century and an important figure in the surrealist movement. He combined the commonplace with the fantastic to become the master of »magic realism.« Cloud-filled skies, bowler-hatted men, and oversized household objects are in abundance in the more than 60 full-color reproductions included in this volume.
This installation of the Modern Master series surveys the work of Rene Magritte, one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century and an important figure in the surrealist movement. He combined the commonplace with the fantastic to become the master of »magic realism.« Cloud-filled skies, bowler-hatted men, and oversized household objects are in abundance in the more than 60 full-color reproductions included in this volume.
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Is this not a pipe? 
The catalogue for a comprehensive exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris held in 2003, this book is a very good, well-documented, well-illustrated study of this ubiquitous Belgian artist who has inspired so many contemporary artists and publicists. There is quite a lot of material available on Magritte and I would say this one is one of the safest bets. Daniel Abadie is a leading French modern art historian and curator and his signature is a token of quality.
The catalogue for a comprehensive exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris held in 2003, this book is a very good, well-documented, well-illustrated study of this ubiquitous Belgian artist who has inspired so many contemporary artists and publicists. There is quite a lot of material available on Magritte and I would say this one is one of the safest bets. Daniel Abadie is a leading French modern art historian and curator and his signature is a token of quality.
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