The Empire of Lights

painting series by René Magritte
VisualArtwork painting_series Q2600695
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The Empire of Lights

Summary

The Empire of Lights is a painting series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of painting_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (440 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Empire of Lights is the creator of René Magritte[3].
  • The Empire of Lights's instance of is recorded as painting series[4].
  • The Empire of Lights's movement is recorded as Belgian surrealism[5].
  • The Empire of Lights's depicts is recorded as street[6].
  • The Empire of Lights's depicts is recorded as sky[7].
  • The Empire of Lights's depicts is recorded as cloud[8].
  • The Empire of Lights's collection is recorded as Peggy Guggenheim Collection[9].
  • The Empire of Lights's location is recorded as Peggy Guggenheim Collection[10].
  • The Empire of Lights's location is recorded as Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen[11].
  • +1939-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Empire of Lights[12].
  • The Empire of Lights's exhibition history is recorded as Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season[13].
  • The Empire of Lights's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h7nn5_[14].
  • The Empire of Lights's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "L'Empire des lumières"}[15].
  • The Empire of Lights's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+195.4'}[16].
  • The Empire of Lights's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+131.2'}[17].
  • The Empire of Lights's BabelNet ID is recorded as 14865855n[18].
  • The Empire of Lights's Centre Pompidou ID is recorded as e1CV0u0[19].

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Works and Contributions

The Empire of Lights is the creator of René Magritte[3].

Why It Matters

The Empire of Lights ranks in the top 9% of painting_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (440 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . sfmoma.org. Retrieved . sfmoma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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