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Dreamworld : Surrealism at 100 / Matthew Affron.
Fine Arts Library - New Book Display N6494.S8 A34 2025
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Affron, Matthew (Art museum curator), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breton, André, 1896-1966. Manifestes du surréalisme--English.
- Breton, André.
- Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963.
- Varo, Remedios.
- Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011.
- Carrington, Leonora.
- Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012.
- Tanning, Dorothea.
- Ernst, Max, 1891-1976.
- Ernst, Max.
- Miró, Joan, 1893-1983.
- Miró, Joan.
- Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-1959.
- Paalen, Wolfgang.
- Éluard, Paul, 1895-1952.
- Éluard, Paul.
- Éluard, Nusch, 1906-1946.
- Éluard, Nusch.
- Masson, André, 1896-1987.
- Masson, André.
- Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955.
- Tanguy, Yves.
- Lam, Wifredo.
- Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern.
- Surrealism--Influence--Exhibitions.
- Surrealism.
- Surrealism--Exhibitions.
- Surrealism--History.
- Surrealist artists--History.
- Surrealist artists.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 308 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 x 23 cm
- Distribution:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
- Other Title:
- Dreamworld
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Philadelphia Art Museum, 2025.
- Summary:
- "'Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100' celebrates the centennial of André Breton's Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), which launched one of the essential currents of twentieth-century thought and culture. Matthew Affron investigates how artists made good on Surrealism's promise of a revolution in consciousness by means of the unbridled imagination. This book highlights the key motivations, principles, themes, and techniques of Surrealist art from the early 1920s to the late 1960s. It also underscores Surrealism's spread beyond its birthplace in Paris, with a focus on the migration of artists to hubs in North America--especially New York City and Mexico City--during the Second World War. This lively, richly illustrated publication features works in a wide range of media by a diverse group of artists, including Jean Arp, Leonora Carrington, Joseph Cornell, Max Ernst, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Wifredo Lam, Man Ray, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Dorothea Tanning, Remedios Varo, and many others."-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Lenders to the exhibition
- Director's foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Waking dream
- II. Natural history
- III. Desire
- IV. Premonitions of war
- V. Exiles
- VI. Magic art
- Chronology
- Selected reading
- Index of names and works
- Photography credits.
- Notes:
- "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100, Philadelphia Art Museum, November 8, 2025 - February 16, 2026."--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780876333082
- 0876333080
- OCLC:
- 1499706480
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000295990
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