Magritte
Colour Library
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
12 August 1998
Summary
The paintings of the Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte (1898-1967) have exerted an extraordinary fascination, particularly since the enormous increase in awareness and popularity of his work during the 1960s. Magritte shows us a world of silence and isolation in which familiar objects are altered or juxtaposed in “impossible” combinations in order to create a sense of disorientation and the absurd. Many of his most memorable paintings date from his three prolific years 1927-30, when he lived n…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780714827605 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0714827606 |
| Author: | Richard Calvocoressi, Rene Magritte |
| Publisher: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 12 August 1998 |
| Weight: | 509g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 225mm x 305mm |
| Series: | Colour Library |
| Audience Age: | 13-22 |
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“Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers.“—Independent
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Richard Calvocoressi
Richard Calvocoressi has been director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art since 1987. In May 2007 he will move to head up the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire.
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