Spotlights fifty works of Surrealist art, including photographs, paintings, film stills, and sculptures, detailing each work's characteristics and significance in the Surrealist movement.
"An indispensable tool ... for the student of Surrealism and book illustration ... [and] also for those interested in the complicated intrications between literature and pictorial movements from Romanticism to present-day Postmodernism"- ...
... Cecil Taylor, Michael McClure, Gustavo Rivera, Ahmed Yacoubi, Erró, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Virginia Cox, ... Mark Brusse, Homero Aridjis, Robert Colescott, Robert Farris Thompson, Quincy Troupe, Bruce Conner, David Hammons, ...
... literature and painting at Sarah Lawrence College for two years. She was a pupil for a while with George Grosz before joining in 1941 the Art Students League in New York where she studied with Morris Kantor and Raphael Soyer.
Anyone could make them just like anyone could hear the " subliminal message " of surrealist automatism , as Bre- ton ... Objects found and made form another essential link between the surrealists and the sorts of self - taught artists ...
Introduction with 30 photographs plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural, scientific and sporting events that took place during the movement; 35 most important works and artists included.
This book by Gregory features his recent Urban Surrealism collection, which removes the tarp, exposing you to the grit, the dirt, and the darker side of what lies within any city.
Introduces surrealism, including its history, the fundamentals of the art movement, and famous surrealist artists.
Manifestoes of Surrealism. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver and Helen R. Lane. (Second Printing.).
This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more.
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