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With its unprecedented depth and range, this massive new history of Surrealism from veteran French philosopher and art critic Durozoi will be the one-volume standard for years to come. . . . The book discusses expertly the main surrealist artists like Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, but also treats with considerable understanding the surrealist writing by Louis Aragon, Paul Eluard, Robert Desnos, Julien Gracq and, of course, the so-called 'Pope of Surrealism,' Andre Breton. . . . This book should turn up in all serious collections on 20th century art. ?Publishers Weekly, starred review From Dada to the Automatists, and from Max Ernst to Andre Breton, Gerard Durozoi here provides the most comprehensive history of the Surrealist movement. Tracing the movement from its origins in the 1920s to its decline in the 1950s and 1960s, Durozoi tells the history of Surrealism through its activities, publications, and reviews, demonstrating its close ties to some of the most explosive political, as well as creative, debates of the twentieth century. Drawing on a staggering amount of documentary and visual evidence?including 1,000 photos?Durozoi illuminates all the intellectual and artistic facets of the movement, from literature and philosophy to painting, photography, and film, thus making History of the Surrealist Movement its definitive encyclopedia.Product Identifiers
PublisherT.H.E. University of Chicago Press
ISBN-139780226174129
eBay Product ID (ePID)91899069
Product Key Features
Book TitleHistory of the Surrealist Movement
AuthorGerard Durozoi
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
Number of Pages816 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height276mm
Item Width219mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorGerard Durozoi
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States