{"product_id":"9783836503570","title":"Magritte","description":"From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption \"this is not a pipe\", \u003cb\u003eRené Magritte (1898–1967)\u003c\/b\u003e created an \u003cb\u003eecho chamber of object and image, name and thing, reality and representation\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like other Surrealist works, Magritte’s paintings combine a \u003cb\u003eprecise, mimetic technique \u003c\/b\u003ewith \u003cb\u003eabnormal, alienating configurations\u003c\/b\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 “\u003cb\u003ewhat is hidden by what we see.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This introductory book explores Magritte's vast repertoire of \u003cb\u003evisual humor, paradox, and surprise \u003c\/b\u003ewhich to this day makes us look and look again, not only at the painting, but at our sense of self and the world.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42371108241469,"sku":"9783836503570","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9783836503570_p0.jpg?v=1771563999","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9783836503570","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}