Ren Magritte: Beyond Painting by Patricia Allmer (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Ren Magritte by Patricia Allmer Offers an engagement with a rethinking of Magrittes art from a position informed by contemporary developments in art theory. This title analyses Magrittes art through employing a range of literary and philosophical/cultural theoretical frameworks. It explores how Magrittes art challenges conventional notions of originality and canonicity. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Rene Magritte: Beyond painting offers a rethinking of Magrittes art from a position informed by contemporary developments in art theory.The book employs a wide range of literary and philosophical/cultural theoretical frameworks to analyse Magrittes art. It offers close readings of specific images, paying attention to neglected aspects of Magrittes work, discussing the significance of cabinets of curiosities and encyclopaedias, trompe loeil, framing and forgeries. It addresses a range of intertextual relations between Magrittes work and that of other Surrealist artists and the art-historical tradition. This book explores how Magrittes art challenges conventional notions of originality, canonicity and coherence, revealing his work as being shaped by co-operations and co-options. It demonstrates that uncertainty, incoherence and negation lie at the core of Magrittes oeuvre. -- . Flap Ren Author Biography Patricia Allmer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh Table of Contents List of platesList of figuresAcknowledgements1. Retheorising Magritte2. Cabinets of curiosities3. Forging the past and the present4. Elective affinities – Between words and images5. Dialogues entirely painted by hand6. Framing the real7. Artistic identity reproduced8. Coda - After Magritte List of abbreviationsBibliographyIndex Review Rigorously researched, utilizing both archival sources and Magrittes own extensive writing, Allmer weaves these with thoughtful, engaging theory, and her work is sure to be essential reading for scholars of Magritte and Surrealism. -- . Long Description Ren Review Quote "Rigorously researched, utilizing both archival sources and Magrittes own extensive writing, Allmer weaves these with thoughtful, engaging theory, and her work is sure to be essential reading for scholars of Magritte and Surrealism." - Journal of Surrealism and the Americas (2010) Description for Reader Ren Description for Sales People First Anglophone monograph wholly dedicated to an exposition and analysis of Magrittes art, and offers close readings of specific images.. Pays attention to neglected aspects of Magrittes work, discussing the significance of cabinets of curiosities and encyclopaedias, trompe loeil, framing and forgeries.. Demonstrates that, far from being the surrealist artist familiar from book-covers, uncertainty, incoherence and negation lie at the core of Magrittes oeuvre.. Key contribution to research on Magritte. Description for Bookstore This book employs a wide range of literary and philosophical/cultural theoretical frameworks to analyze Magrittes art. It offers close readings of specific images, paying attention to neglected aspects of Magrittes work, discussing the significance of cabinets of curiosities and encyclopaedias, trompe loeil, framing and forgeries. It addresses a range of intertextual relations between Magrittes work and that of other Surrealist artists and the art-historical tradition. Details ISBN0719079284 Author Patricia Allmer Short Title RENE MAGRITTE Publisher Manchester University Press Language English ISBN-10 0719079284 ISBN-13 9780719079283 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle Beyond Painting Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 759.9493 Publication Date 2009-11-23 Illustrations Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour UK Release Date 2009-11-23 NZ Release Date 2009-11-23 Pages 256 Audience General AU Release Date 2009-11-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128948060;

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