René Magritte: Great Art Explained

Alternatively, every video has a "thanks" button under it- I appreciate it! In The Lovers II, by Magritte, he takes the cinematic cliché but disrupts our voyeuristic pleasure by covering the faces in cloth. A moment of connection becomes one of isolation, of sexual frustration. An intimate moment...

19 min - Art, Music & Design - Great Art Explained

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