you may not know the name rename agree but you certainly are aware of the stunning bizarre
challenging and unique artwork that he created during his lifetime with his one of a king
style Magritte was able to make the ordinary extraordinary and force viewers to question
the world around them but how did he do that and what was his secret recipe let's find out
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mcgree is synonymous with the term mysticism his ingenious Works blurred the lines between
reality and illusion stimulating the imaginations of observers and changing the way they interpreted
art stylistically Magritte started his career as an impressionist he spent two years at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels which he left because he did not find the environment inspiring
after departing from the academy he moved toward the styles of modernism futurism and later cubism
as he later admitted that the picture to Lost jockey 1926 was a critical turning point
in his development and the beginning of his period of surrealism he often
combined images and words to achieve a visual impression that would Shake human perception
Magritte wanted to distance himself from the stylistic distractions of most art of the time
therefore he did not experiment with new techniques but instead focused on illustrative
techniques that brought clear Focus to the content of his work magritte's greatest role
model was the Italian painter Giorgio de kiriko and he found inspiration from his realistic and
pure representation of objects like the kiriko the Greet wanted to turn everyday scenes upside
down he would therefore call the black ink stain in front of the closed door leaving the school
without a doubt the son of man is one of magritte's most recognizable paintings a memorable
image of a man in business attire a black coat sure with a tie and a hat meanwhile a paradoxical
object a green apple hides the person's face the painting is most often interpreted as a symbolic
image of a modern man a businessman who remains a descendant of the first human atom the apple is
of course analogous to Temptations and sinful Deeds there is a conflict between the hidden
and the visible as the artist said suggesting that people often hide their real faces in life
Magritte would want each of us to individually interpret his work everyone who looks at the son
of man can reveal their own vision of life and personal philosophy just as the artist intended
this work of art appeared in his late period of 1958 to 1965 and Magritte himself refers to this
time in his career as when he finally found his child when mengreet's entire collection
is put together one gets the impression that he was constantly evolving while still essentially
remaining the same hiding the face is a motive that can be found in a large amount of his work
as magritt said himself at least he partially hides his face so you have an obvious face an
apple that hides the visible but hidden face of a person it's something that happens all the time
everything we see hides something else we always want to see what is hidden by what we see there
is an interest in what is hidden and what is not visible to us that interest can take the
form of an intense feeling a kind of conflict one might say between what is visible that is
hidden and what is visible that is present his motives are usually considered to be as ordinary
and extraordinary as himself clouds pipes bowler hats and green apples repeatedly make appearances
by bringing these objects into unexpected situations and placing them in unusual positions
he created mystery in his paintings he invited viewers to interpret in their own ways what he
wanted to say and challenged reality would you believe your eyes when you see a picture of a pipe
that clearly says it's not a pipe Rhea Magritte often played with the meaning of both pictures
and words he stated about his painting known as CC Nest poth on pip that he would lie if he wrote
that it was a pipe because if he asked someone to light that same pipe for him that person would
not be able to do it because it is the image of the pipe hence the official name of the piece is
betrayal of the painting because the artist was exploring the idea that our eyes often deceive us
the artist envisioned his painting as a critical tool that could challenge the perception and
engage the viewer's mind it forced Spectators to think things in an active passive way as a cradle
thinker people can find analyze and solve problems instead of trying to spot them by Instinct and
intuition the ability to form critical thinking brings many benefits such as systematic problem
solving understanding The Logical connections between ideas and acquiring values and beliefs
based on reality Meg greet's method of separating objects from their names revealed that language
is a skill full of pitfalls and uncertainties in search of the mystery that surrounds objects
he created scenes that took everyday reality as their starting point And Then followed a logic
different from what was expected this mystery prompts the viewer to question the images and
their meanings however questioning is not the same as explaining and therein lies the mystery
and challenge presented by Magritte first The Observer surrenders to the artwork and takes it to
face value however after that initial impression the viewer must then engage in deeper reasoning
according to Magritte the Mind sees with two different senses it sees with the eyes and
then sees without the eyes the fascinating and challenging images in my greet's work stem from
the Eternal mystery in the visible World magreach showed the universe with Clarity and then forced
viewers to uncover secrets and questions of the world through logic of thoughts and associations
for years now people have been impressed and often stumped by the creation of this iconic painter
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