Rene Magritte, Recycling Back and Forth
Rene Magritte: Recycling Back and Forth
By
Iman Aziz
201102704
Modern Art
Mrs. Mariella Jaeger
Modern Art
Spring 2012
Abstract
This paper tackles recycling art specifically with the Surrealist artist Rene Magritte. The study goes back in time to the eras of classicism and neoclassicism and looks at what Rene Magritte recycled from the paintings belonging to these eras. And then moves forward checking where Magritte’s art appears in today’s world. Needless to say the information I stumbled upon while researching was very intriguing and shocking sometimes. Rene Magritte has influenced art, heavily.
Outline
I. Modern Art, a revolution on classicism. 1. Magritte recycled many paintings from classicism and neo classicism. His paintings appear nowadays not only in paintings but also in films, plays, and video clips that we are going to discuss in this paper.
II. Magritte and Recycling art A. Magritte recycling other artists 1. David’s Madame Recamier 2. Gerard’s Madame Recamier 3. Manet’s Balcony B. Julia Botrous’s Shi Ghareeb 1. Proportionality 2. Reflection 3. Magritte’s Son of Man C. Hugo movie 1. Proportionality 2. Clocks 3. Train D. The Lovers play 1. Magritte’s same characters from the painting E. The importance of Magritte’s ideas
III. Conclusion:
Recycling art and its influence
Rene Magritte: Recycling Back and Forth
Modern Art has revolted against classicism and neo-classicism to stand out and loudly declare art for the sake of art, for expressing ones thoughts and feelings. Art has been turned from an ordinary field of studies into a basic need for some people. And hence, many names emerged in the modern era with outstanding paintings that we still look at with a hypnotized brain and a wondrous eye. As people gradually understood the difference between looking at Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Marcel Duchamp’s, they eventually learned that a
By
Iman Aziz
201102704
Modern Art
Mrs. Mariella Jaeger
Modern Art
Spring 2012
Abstract
This paper tackles recycling art specifically with the Surrealist artist Rene Magritte. The study goes back in time to the eras of classicism and neoclassicism and looks at what Rene Magritte recycled from the paintings belonging to these eras. And then moves forward checking where Magritte’s art appears in today’s world. Needless to say the information I stumbled upon while researching was very intriguing and shocking sometimes. Rene Magritte has influenced art, heavily.
Outline
I. Modern Art, a revolution on classicism. 1. Magritte recycled many paintings from classicism and neo classicism. His paintings appear nowadays not only in paintings but also in films, plays, and video clips that we are going to discuss in this paper.
II. Magritte and Recycling art A. Magritte recycling other artists 1. David’s Madame Recamier 2. Gerard’s Madame Recamier 3. Manet’s Balcony B. Julia Botrous’s Shi Ghareeb 1. Proportionality 2. Reflection 3. Magritte’s Son of Man C. Hugo movie 1. Proportionality 2. Clocks 3. Train D. The Lovers play 1. Magritte’s same characters from the painting E. The importance of Magritte’s ideas
III. Conclusion:
Recycling art and its influence
Rene Magritte: Recycling Back and Forth
Modern Art has revolted against classicism and neo-classicism to stand out and loudly declare art for the sake of art, for expressing ones thoughts and feelings. Art has been turned from an ordinary field of studies into a basic need for some people. And hence, many names emerged in the modern era with outstanding paintings that we still look at with a hypnotized brain and a wondrous eye. As people gradually understood the difference between looking at Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Marcel Duchamp’s, they eventually learned that a
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