Altidor,
Samuel
Professor
Lemeh
ARH
2000
Blog Entry 1b
Word Count: 243
Word Count: 243
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About interpretation: René Magritte
After reading the Chapter “About
interpretation: René Magritte”, my definition of art hasn’t changed. Like I
wrote in my previous blog post, everyone will have a different interpretation
of what a piece of art is. It all depends on the person, his or her experiences,
and whatever that person was feeling at the time. For instance, at the tender
age of 14, the artist René-François Magritte found his mother drowned in a
river with her nightgown covering her face (Barrett 3). Because of that traumatic
experience, some of Magritte’s paintings depict subjects with their face
covered. If I were not privy of that piece of personal information looking at
one of his paintings “The Lovers”, I would find it odd that the kissing couple
has their head covered by what looks like burlap sacs or pillowcases. Personally
when I take photographs of couple kissing I love their faces to show. I would
love to see the emotions inspired by that kiss show on their faces. To me it
would make absolute no sense why they would have their faces covered. I would
have a hard time defining that painting as art. Although, I know other viewers
of that painting would beg to differ. But it would be my prerogative; it would
be my personal preference.
Work Cited
Barrett, Terry. "About
Interpretation: René Magritte." Interpreting Art: Reflecting,
Wondering, and Responding. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 1-37. Print.
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