4) Discuss the implications of the following image for cultural studies and the process of signification (semiotics): https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOooOuF_M7ynsAoZfb5tzKXKPxQOL1T8mGIqn4cPHzCsi0BRnzA3f2ZaP_guTcYDfe0hmb_y_4KuTzupaRMVyf0TZk-I9EijXaZRS-rLAK8JZ_V-xzxpEkCDndCVQyCSN7jEuKgHbvwoY/s320/fs_Magritte_Pipe.jpg (50-75 words)
This image represents a construction of reality based on our conceptual idea of what a “pipe” is. Magritte’s painting refers to our tendency to take representations as reality. This is only an image, and not an actual item, though we refer to it as such in calling it a “pipe”. The image is a sign representative of the idea “pipe”, signifying all the attributes we connect with “pipeness”, and not an actual pipe.
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