The Son of Man

The Son of Man

The meaning to The Son of Man by Rene Magritte?

The Son of Man is a self-portrait painting by Rene Magritte. If you look closely, you can see his eyes peeking out between the apple and its leaves. The Son of Man is a simple yet striking painting. I believe this painting has a simple meaning which is awareness of oneself and the opportunities which are always present in life. The central focus of the masterpiece being on Magritte's face which is covered with a floating green apple. Hence, sometimes you don’t see things that are clearly in front of you, which is represented by the bright green apple right in front of Rene Magritte face. The title of the painting mimics the story Adam and Eve and the creation and fall of man, due to Adam not being able to see he already had everything he needed.

This is what Rene Magritte said about the meaning of his own painting

“At least it hides the face partly well, so you have the apparent face, the apple, hiding the visible but hidden, the face of the person. It's something that happens constantly. Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take the form of a quite intense feeling, a sort of conflict, one might say, between the visible that is hidden and the visible that is present.”

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