Get an exclusive @Surfshark deal! Enter promo code GREATART for an extra 3 months free at https://surfshark.deals/greatart Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon, thanks! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=53686503 or if you prefer a one-off donation - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q44B57ENYRSV8 In The Lovers II, by Magritte, he takes the cinematic cliché but disrupts our voyeuristic pleasure by covering the faces in cloth. A moment of connection becomes one of isolation, of sexual frustration. An intimate moment becomes something dark and effortlessly disturbing. Something hidden and anonymous. Rene Magritte denied that his traumatic childhood was connected in any way with his art, but in this episode, I look at the possibility that his past affected him more than he admitted. IMPORTANT! Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified! null. I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Adriana Nemet, Alan Stewart, Alexander Velser, Alyssa Phillips, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, David Asabreu, Christa Sawyer, Eric Mann, Erique K, Griffin Evans, Hugo Moita, Jemma Theivendran, Julio Cardenas, Karim Hopper, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Pavel Juszczyk, Sean Welgemoed, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Theresa Garfink, Toni Ko, and Will Dew's-Power. "What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter SUBTITLES Spanish Subtitles by Alma Perdomo (gracias) I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@hotmail.com CREDITS Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88) Sound Mix by Oscar Sidoff Rydelius (Thank you!) All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them. MUSIC royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/freemusicfor... DanceThe Charleston (challenge) - no ... download mp3: https://direct-link.net/49870/DanceTh... BOOKS, CATALOGUES AND ESSAYS Magritte: A Life by Alex Danchev Rene Magritte: The Artist's Materials by Catherine Defeyt, Francisca Vandepitte, et al. Magritte: The Treachery of Images by Didier Ottinger René Magritte: The Revealing Image by Xavier Canonne Ways of Seeing by John Berger Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.