A note on Magritte's use of the shroud

Author

Abarbanel, Andrew

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Psychoanalytic perspectives on art. 1988, Vol. 3, p. 171-175, 1 ill.

ISSN

0896-7938

Abstract (en)

Offers a psychoanalytic interpretation of Magritte's 1928 painting Person Meditating on Madness (private collection), relating it to the artist's small series of shroud pictures (also 1928), each of which shows the protagonists enshrouded in canvaslike coverings.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Belgium
• Magritte, René, 1898-1967
• Painting
• Person Meditating on Madness
• 1900-2000
• Belgium
• Psychoanalysis
• Collections
• Shrouds
• Symbolism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Belgique
• Magritte, René, 1898-1967
• Peinture
• Personnage méditant sur la folie
• 1900-2000
• Belgique
• Psychanalyse
• Collections
• Linceul
• Symbolisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447742

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