The History of Surrealism"I believe," André Breton said, "in the future resolution of the states of dream and reality--in appearance so contradictory--in a sort of absolute reality, or surréalité." The Surrealist movement, born in the 1920s out of the ferment of Dada, committed to revolution against bourgeois rationalism, and inspired by Freudian exploration of the unconscious, has reverberated more widely and deeply than perhaps any other art movement in our century. Its automatism, biomorphic shapes, visionary mode, and manipulation of found objects mark the work of artists as different as Ernst, Miró, Magritte, and Dali. Maurice Nadeau's History of Surrealism, first published in French in 1944 and in English in 1965, has become a classic. It is both lucid and authoritative--by far the best overall account of this complex movement. Nadeau traces the evolution of Surrealism, bringing to life its many internal debates about politics and art. He relates the movement to its intellectual and artistic environment. And he provides the statements and manifestos of Breton, Aragon, Tzara, and others. |
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... accurately conceiving so many deadly things in the society in which his life and even his genius confine him , has found the means of giving his thought a perfect and vigorous expression without betrayal , an expression whose humor ...
make no mistake , despite some happy endings , the very next time we shall find him in misery again , this terrifying pessimist who realizes the full meaning of that expression equally current in English and in French - a dog's life ...
... not sufficient to exhaust it , we have maintained that it could not be identified before the law with any kind of text corresponding to the desire for exact expression , in other words an expression of thought measured and weighed .
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Gebruikersrecensie - giovannigf - LibraryThingVery comprehensive history of the movement largely based on the group's documents: manifestos, edicts, articles, and speeches. Unfortunately that means that the individual participants remain sketchy ... Volledige review lezen
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NOTE TO THE 1989 EDITION | 9 |
FOREWORD | 35 |
1929 | 36 |
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