This is not a pipe / Michel Foucault ; with illustrations and letters by René Magritte ; translated and edited by James Harkness.
This volume contains the author's classic essay on the complex relationship between language and image in René Magritte's iconic painting. What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
[1983]
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| Summary: | This volume contains the author's classic essay on the complex relationship between language and image in René Magritte's iconic painting. What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe, which was Magritte's point. By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, he finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction. The author's essay offers a view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 1983. |
| Physical Description: | x, 66 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520049161 |