De Chirico: Painting landscapes of the mind From: International Herald Tribune | Date: February 10, 2007| Author: Roderick Conway Morris | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

International Herald Tribune

02-10-2007

Giorgio de Chirico set himself the unusual goal of ''painting that which cannot be seen.'' The upshot was Metaphysical Art, which sought to reflect strange and elusive psychological landscapes, fugitive states of mind and to capture ''the eternity of the moment'' in physical form, in paint.The Metaphysical phase of de Chirico's output lasted only from 1910 to 1919, in a career that was to span 70 years, with several changes of dir...

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