Dada & surrealism / Matthew Gale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gale, Matthew.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Art & ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dadaism.

Surrealism.

Arts, Modern--20th century.

Arts, Modern.

Arts--20e siècle.

Dadaïsme.

Surréalisme.

Local Subjects:

Arts--20e siècle.

Dadaïsme.

Surréalisme.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

447 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Dada and surrealism

Place of Publication:

London : Phaidon, 1997.

Summary:

The author "explores the work of a wide range of artists - from Marcel Duchamp and Raoul Hausmann to Max Ernst, René Magritte and Salvador Dalí - and uses paintings, collages, sculptures, assemblages, photographs, photomontages, film stills and graphics to illustrate the rich variety of Dada and Surrealist art."--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: On the Threshold of Liberty

1. Merdre: Dada's Roots in the Avant-Garde

2. Dada's Balcony: Dada in Zurich 1915-1920

3. From the Other Side: Dada in Other Neutral Cities 1915-1921

4. The Spirit of the Age: Dada in Central Europe 1917-1922

5. Dada Stirs Up Everything: Dada in Paris 1919-1924

6. A Wave of Dreams: Beginnings of Surrealism 1924-1929

7. Accommodations of Desires: Rifts within Surrealism 1929-1933

8. The Call of the Night: The Surrealist International 1933-1939

9. Fabulous Race-Track of Death: Exile 1939-1946

10. The Breach: Surrealism in the Postwar Years 1946-1966.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-439) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is 2004 printing.

Other Format:

Online version: Gale, Matthew. Dada & surrealism.

ISBN:

0714832618

9780714832616

OCLC:

38597600