Focusing on Rene Magritte, this is one of an illustrated series which provides accounts of the lives of individual artists, professional and personal anecdotes, and concise definitions of cultural and social movements that shaped their work. Magritte was a master of optical illusion whose influence on pop culture is evident in advertising, corporate logos, consumer products and design. The book examines his deceptive images of shrouded lovers kissing, trains roaring out of fireplaces, bowler-hatted men floating through the air, and pipes that might not be pipes.
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OPTICAL ILLUSIONIST,
This review is from: The Essential: Rene Magritte (Essential (Harry N. Abrams)) (Hardcover)
A leader of the Surrealist movement, Belgian artist Magritte was a highly unique painter who combined the ordinary, the bizarre, and the erotic to startling effect. Using a repertoire of images which he repeated again and again, he remained true to his form throughout his productive life.With a gift for optical illusion, Magritte has become an icon of pop culture - his influence evident in everything from corporate logos to advertising design. He is the artist who would have a locomotive steaming out of a fireplace, men in bowler hats floating in midair, and an enormous castle topped rock suspended above the ocean. Suspend all preconceived notions to enjoy this non-tradiitonalist. And, when you do, it's fun!
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