What Is Anne Friedberg's Metaphor Of The Window In The Human Condition

The first artwork focused on is The Human Condition, by Rene Magritte. This is a surrealist painting, with major existential themes, and multiple levels of perspective. This artwork is almost a satire on what the ideally a great painting contains. Alberti touches on what a talented artist should depict in his representation of the world in his book, On Painting. According to Alberti, a good painting consists of geometry, correct anatomy, elegant surfaces, and a conformity in regard to size, dignity, pleasurable historia, seven directions of movement, and a mastery of color (Modgolion.) The Human Condition displays a realist landscape painting sitting in front of a window, which directly references Anne Friedberg’s metaphor of the window looking