{"id":1148,"date":"2017-01-26T01:22:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/?page_id=1148"},"modified":"2017-01-26T01:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:41:14","slug":"conceptual-art-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/conceptual-art-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceptual Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images.jpg\" alt=\"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? What interpretation would make it false? 2. How 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? 3. The 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? 4. Why do you think the painting is titled, \u201cThe Treachery of Images\u201d? \" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images.jpg 376w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/The-Treachery-of-Images-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ren\u00e9 Magritte, <em>The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe)<\/em>, 1929, <a href=\"http:\/\/collections.lacma.org\/node\/239578\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles County Museum of Art<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li>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?<\/li>\n<li>How 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?<\/li>\n<li>The 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?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you think the painting is titled, \u201cThe Treachery of Images\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/conceptual-art-2\/\">Next \u2192<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/conceptual-art\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1005\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/01\/gi-e1485203830394-150x150.png\" alt=\"home\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/01\/gi-e1485203830394-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/01\/gi-e1485203830394-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/01\/gi-e1485203830394.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The text in this painting is written in French. 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