Define key differences between representational art, which depicts recognizable subjects and scenes, versus abstract art, which uses color, line and form in non$-$objective ways. Explain how Magritte blurs these classifications in Treason of Images by representing a pipe while simultaneously denying its objective "pipeness".

Discuss how Magritte, through text caption and photorealistic painting, forces the viewer to confront the artificiality and contradiction inherent in representational artwork. Debate how this self$-$reflexive challenge to illusionistic painting is$,$ in some ways, more abstract than abstraction itself. Support your perspective by comparing and contrasting Treason of Images with examples of abstract painting.