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Surrealism & the occult : shamanism, magic, alchemy, and the birth of an artistic movement / by Nadia Choucha.
LIBRA - Special NX456.5.S8 C46 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Choucha, Nadia, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surrealism.
- Arts, Modern--20th century.
- Arts, Modern.
- Symbolism (Art movement)--Influence.
- Symbolism (Art movement).
- Occultism--Influence.
- Occultism.
- Arts--20e siècle.
- Occultisme--Influence.
- Surréalisme.
- Symbolisme (Mouvement artistique)--Influence.
- Local Subjects:
- Arts--20e siècle.
- Occultisme--Influence.
- Surréalisme.
- Symbolisme (Mouvement artistique)--Influence.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 134 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Surrealism and the occult
- Place of Publication:
- Rocherter, VT : Destiny Books, 1992.
- Summary:
- An art historian shows how many surrealists and their predecessors were steeped in magical ideas that were expressed in their art: the sorcery of Dali, the alchemy of Picasso, the Theosophy of Kandinsky, and the shamanism of Ernst and Carrington.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Oxford [UK] : Mandrake, c1991.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0892813733
- 9780892813735
- OCLC:
- 27243983
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