Similitude Through Metonymy: Foucault, Magritte and That Pipe
Similitude Through Metonymy: Foucault, Magritte and That Pipe
Author(s): Carl HaddrellSubject(s): Visual Arts, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: International University of Sarajevo
Keywords: metonymy; similitude;
Summary/Abstract: This article explores our understanding of visual imagery through an analysis of Foucault’s examination of Magritte’s famous painting Les deux Mystères. Foucault details how the interplay between word and image are firstly perceived and then understood by the viewer. This analysis of Foucault’s text, serves to illuminate and hopefully clarify the often ambiguous relationship between image and text, whilst at the same time demonstrate that the vary same ambiguity is revelled in by those creating and those words and images.
Journal: Epiphany. Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies
- Issue Year: 14/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 164-171
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English