![]() The luminosity of the sky becomes unsettling, making the empty darkness below even more impenetrable than it would seem in a normalĬontext. ![]() Sunlight, ordinarily the source of clarity, here causes theĬonfusion and unease traditionally associated with darkness. With no fantasticĮlement other than the single paradoxical combination of day and night, René Magritte upsets a fundamental organizing premise of life. In Empire of Light, numerous versions of which exist, a dark, nocturnal street scene is set against a pastel-blue, light-drenched sky spotted with fluffy cumulus clouds. Especially surreal is that the sky above the house and treeline is a daytime sky full of brightness and plump white clouds. The intriguing oil painting displays a beautiful house lit upīy its interior lights, and surrounded by the darkness of the night. It is the only time that Magritte used a title that was not his own. ![]() In 1953-1954, artist Rene Magritte painted The Empire of Lights. ![]()
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