Magritte: The Uncanny Sublime
I argue that René Magritte visualises an aesthetic of the uncanny sublime by sustaining a tensive dynamic between the visible and the invisible, the known and the unknown. Because the revealing of the sublime is deferred, Magritte’s perspective derives more from a modernist post-religious context th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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Literature and theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 330-344 |
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| Summary: | I argue that René Magritte visualises an aesthetic of the uncanny sublime by sustaining a tensive dynamic between the visible and the invisible, the known and the unknown. Because the revealing of the sublime is deferred, Magritte’s perspective derives more from a modernist post-religious context that is neither dependent on a metaphysical absolute, nor a secular renunciation of the sacred. This article therefore challenges the view that Magritte’s surrealist art belongs either to an anti-sublime tradition, one that dismantles any illusory solace to transcendent qualities, or a postmodern ideology that posits a fundamental split between representation and reality. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frs056 |