Magritte: Analogies in Mathematical Reasoning

Year: 2007 Authors: Rozhkovskaya Natasha

Core claim

Magritte’s art and mathematics both ask “What if…?” by creating new conceptual worlds from paradox, analogy, and nonliteral representation.

Topics

surrealism and mathematics, paradox and consistency, word-image relations, axiomatic thinking

Domains

foundations of mathematics, non-Euclidean geometry, axiomatic systems, mathematical logic, surrealist painting, visual semiotics, verbal-visual art, modern art

Methods

conceptual analogy, comparative interpretation, example-based analysis

Media

paintings, word pictures, illustrations, textual quotations

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