This is not a pipe

by Foucault, Michel

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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 abstractio…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :This is not a pipe / Michel Foucault ; with illustrations and letters by René Magritte ; translated and edited by James Harkness.

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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.
  • Edition:[25th anniversary ed., 2nd paperback ed.]

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Notes

Originally published: 1983.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 66 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1285848204
  • LC Classification:ND673.M35
  • Dewey Decimal:759.9493

Table of Contents

Translator's introduction -- THIS IS A PIPE -- 1. Two pipes -- 2. The unraveled calligram -- 3. Klee, Kandinsky, Magritte -- 4. Burrowing words -- 5. Seven seals of affirmation -- 6. Nonaffirmative painting -- Two letters / Rene Magritte.

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Subjects

20.02 philosophy and theory of the art … 21.02 history of painting Art -- Philosophie Art -- Philosophy Criticism, interpretation, etc Magritte, René

Writers

Foucault, Michel Harkness, J. A., (James A.) Magritte, René

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