START WITH ART: La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining "La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)" pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)

Artist: René Magritte

Date: 1938

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 147 × 98.7 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What is happening in the artwork? 

• The title is "Time Transfixed." How does the painting play with the idea of time? What in the painting makes you think of time? 

• Magritte was known for creating surreal art. How does "La durée poignardée" challenge our usual expectations about reality? Is the painting dreamlike or fantastic? 

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