{"id":115,"date":"2016-02-23T19:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images.jpg"},"modified":"2017-01-26T01:19:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:19:16","slug":"the-treachery-of-images","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/conceptual-art\/the-treachery-of-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9 Magritte, The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe), 1929"},"author":428,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"class_list":["post-115","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images-300x209.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1.\tThe text in this painting is written in French. It says, \u201cThis is not a pipe.\u201d That seems paradoxical since the image above it is of a pipe. Can you think of a way to interpret the statement that makes it true? Can you think of one that would make it false?<br \/>\n2.\tHow many different things could the word \u201cthis\u201d refer to? When you interpret the \u201cthis\u201d in those ways, is the painting saying something true or false?<br \/>\n3.\tThe image of the pipe is very realistic. Would it change the way you view the painting if the pipe was obviously drawn, say as a young child would?<br \/>\n4.\tWhy do you think the painting is titled, \u201cThe Treachery of Images\u201d?<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>1. The text in this painting is written in French. It says, \u201cThis is not a pipe.\u201d That seems paradoxical since the image above it is of a pipe. Can you think of a way to interpret the statement that makes it true? Can you think of one that would make it false? 2. 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