Golconda
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Golconda is a famous 1953 surrealist painting by René Magritte depicting a sky filled with identically dressed men in bowler hats seemingly floating or suspended in mid-air above a cityscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golconda canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artStyle | Magrittean surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | catalogues raisonnés of René Magritte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
blue sky
ⓘ
dark suits ⓘ muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | René Magritte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Belgian ⓘ |
| depicts |
cityscape
ⓘ
floating men ⓘ men in bowler hats ⓘ men suspended in mid-air ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently reproduced in art books
ⓘ
iconic image of surrealist art ⓘ |
| hasMedium | oil paint ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | frontal view of buildings ⓘ |
| hasSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ambiguity of reality
ⓘ
conformity ⓘ everyday transformed into the uncanny ⓘ multiplicity of identity ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Golconda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golconde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVisualCharacteristic |
illusion of men raining from the sky
ⓘ
regular grid-like spacing of figures ⓘ |
| inception | 1953 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Magritte’s interest in paradox and illusion ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anonymous bourgeois men
ⓘ
repetition of human figures ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Golconda (historic city in India) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambiguous spatial relationships
ⓘ
iconic bowler-hatted men ⓘ repetition of nearly identical figures ⓘ |
| partOf | René Magritte’s body of work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | mid-20th century urban environment ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
bourgeois male figure
ⓘ
bowler hat ⓘ urban architecture ⓘ |
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