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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For the group's history , the review is useful only for its concrete evidence of stands taken , definitions published . More interesting , for our purposes , is this Déclaration du 27 janvier 1925 , first published as a tract and ...
His Excellency , it appears , in an interview published in Comoedia , had found no better word to describe the surrealists ' activity than pédérastique , adding this unexpected detail , that he deserved well of his country for having ...
Only ten agreed to sign a more violent text proposed by one of them ( Paul Bénichou ) , but refused to let it be published . GilbertLecomte was criticized for being in relation with these students and not having published their text ...
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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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