{"product_id":"magritte","title":"Magritte","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMagritte\u003c\/h1\u003eTaschen, Marcel Paquet\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003eOctober 9 2015\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9783836503570\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 3836503573\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391946915885,"sku":"WHS-010a9d12ded44cce9b352855fa7a1c46","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_93ef9851-1375-44d3-b4c5-faef3b9b7ad4.jpg?v=1787358741","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/magritte","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}