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René Magritte - Time Transfixed (La Durée poignardée) (1938) (hexbear.net)
submitted 5 days ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/visualarts@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] whalebiologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

magritte loves that wrong mirror reflection gimmick

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Elaborate?

[–] whalebiologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

its used in "not to be reproduced" 1937 as well. only noted because it's one of his better known works

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I meant what do you mean by mirror reflection trick?

[–] draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

You can see the left candle stick, but not the right one. This is despite the fact that the reflection should be transposed left (like the clock in the middle). In other words, the reflection is wrong, which isn't immediately obvious, but gives an 'off' vibe.

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

The reflections in the mirror are off, reinforcing the sense of surrealism.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Posting a bigoted asshole like magritte. Great look. Yeah.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Posting a bigoted asshole like magritte. Great look. Yeah.

what are you writing about?

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So you're gonna tell me the shit he said about images isnt bigoted? Sure thing, asshole.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

what did he say?

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That they're all treacherous. Fucking. Piece. Of. Shit.