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Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D.

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Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D.

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Tag: rene magritte

  • The Treachery of Images

    Funny how a picture (any kind of picture) is a mere representation. I wrote a couple of posts about perception some time ago. One on eye anatomy and the other on eye anatomy related to mental capacity. So, it was great to see a Calamities of Nature comic strip paying homage to Magritte (and Foucault). Recently, I had a conversation with someone about new media not being able to escape language, which is one of the reasons why painting is not…

    8/31/2011

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    Art, Art History, Art Writing and Criticism, Perception, Philosophy

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    calamities of nature / language / michel foucault / perception / postaday2011 / rene magritte

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