Surrealism Key Concepts

Author : Krzysztof Fijalkowski,Michael Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317221920

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Surrealism: Key Concepts by Krzysztof Fijalkowski,Michael Richardson Pdf

Emerging from the disruption of the First World War, surrealism confronted the resulting ‘crisis of consciousness’ in a way that was arguably more profound than any other cultural movement of the time. The past few decades have seen an expansion of interest in surrealist writers, whose contribution to the history of ideas in the twentieth-century is only now being recognised. Surrealism: Key Concepts is the first book in English to present an overview of surrealism through the central ideas motivating the popular movement. An international team of contributors provide an accessible examination of the key concepts, emphasising their relevance to current debates in social and cultural theory. This book will be an invaluable guide for students studying a range of disciplines, including Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Studies, and anyone who wishes to engage critically with surrealism for the first time. Contributors: Dawn Ades, Joyce Cheng, Jonathan P. Eburne, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Guy Girard, Raihan Kadri, Michael Löwy, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Michael Richardson, Donna Roberts, Bertrand Schmitt, Georges Sebbag, Raymond Spiteri, and Michael Stone-Richards.

Author : Michel Carrouges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015066066252

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André Breton and the Basic Concepts of Surrealism by Michel Carrouges Pdf

Author : Susan Laxton
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781478003434

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Surrealism at Play by Susan Laxton Pdf

In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-World War I world increasingly dominated by technology and functionalism. Whether through exquisite-corpse drawings, Man Ray’s rayographs, or Joan Miró’s visual puns, surrealists became adept at developing techniques and processes designed to guarantee aleatory outcomes. In embracing chance as the means to produce unforeseeable ends, they shifted emphasis from final product to process, challenging the disciplinary structures of industrial modernism. As Laxton demonstrates, play became a primary method through which surrealism refashioned artistic practice, everyday experience, and the nature of subjectivity.

Author : Christian Bouqueret
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780500410929

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Surrealist Photography by Christian Bouqueret Pdf

The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, the books each contain reproductions in color and/or duotone, plus a critical introduction and a bibliography. Paris in the early 1920s saw the growth of a new art form called surrealism. Both a formal movement and a spiritual orientation, surrealism embraced ethics and politics as well as the arts. Surrealists sought to create a medium that liberated the subconscious mind, and many artists and photographers captured this revolution through photographic images. This new survey includes works by Max Ernst, Dora Maar, Lee Miller, René Magritte, Meret Oppenheim, and more.

Author : Neil Spiller
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780500343203

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Architecture & Surrealism by Neil Spiller Pdf

A pioneering major survey on the rich relationship between the imagery and concepts of Surrealist art and the architecture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries In a world where “smart” objects can talk to each other and a gun can be printed with a desktop 3D printer, the conditions for contemporary design are nothing if not surreal. The long-standing interaction between architecture and Surrealism is being reinvigorated by the new technology that makes the protocols and concepts of otherworldly Surrealism more relevant to architects than the dogmas of architectural modernism. This book charts the development of this fertile relationship, revealing how Surrealist ideas are being put to use by contemporary architects in extraordinary ways. Architecture and Surrealism opens with an introduction on the precursors of Surrealism in the Baroque and Rococo periods, moving into the twentieth century through the Symbolists and Dadaists. The four main chapters present the interplay between architecture and Surrealism through the key concepts of the body, the interior space, the house, alternative realities, and the environment. In an era of wearable technology and big data, the fascinating possibilities for new worlds, new buildings, and new spaces are creating the most exciting futures for contemporary architects. Written by Neil Spiller, a leading academic and architect known for his own Surrealist-influenced work, this book is a breathtaking resource of spatial ideas and visionary buildings for architects, students, lovers of Surrealism, and all creative types.

Author : Michael Richardson,Dawn Ades,Krzysztof Fijałkowski,Steven Harris,Georges Sebbag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1883 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781474226936

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The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism by Michael Richardson,Dawn Ades,Krzysztof Fijałkowski,Steven Harris,Georges Sebbag Pdf

Surrealism is central to the study of 20th-century art, literature, film and photography, but its international impact has extended across music, theatre, architecture, fashion and design, as well as thinking about society and politics. The Encyclopedia presents the first comprehensive and systematic overview of surrealism internationally, covering the theorists, critics, novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, painters, collagists, object makers, sculptors, and film makers who made the surrealist movement. Alongside articles on writers and visual artists, the Encyclopedia includes overviews of national surrealist movements, related artistic and intellectual movements, key journals, patrons and collections, detailed overviews of surrealism's influence across the visual, applied and performing arts, and analyses of the key concepts which underpin surrealist theory and practice. Volume 1: Movements Volume 2: Surrealists A-M Volume 3: Surrealists N-Z

Author : Richard Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Costume design
ISBN : 0500275505

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Fashion and Surrealism by Richard Martin Pdf

Here are some of the most extravagant and ingenious images ever created in art and in haute couture- fruits of the love affair between fashion and Surrealism. Their relationship began in the Paris of the 1920s when Surrealist artists experimented not only with the fine arts but with photography, film and costume design.

Author : André Breton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541357434

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Manifesto of Surrealism by André Breton Pdf

Two Surrealist Manifestos were issued by the Surrealist movement, in 1924 and 1929. They were both written by Andr� Breton. Andr� Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was, above all, a revolutionary movement. The first Surrealist manifesto was written by Breton and published in 1924 as a booklet (Editions du Sagittaire). The document defines Surrealism as:"Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express - verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner - the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern." Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality". Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.

Author : Andrä Breton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803261357

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Communicating Vessels by Andrä Breton Pdf

What Freud did for dreams, André Breton (1896–1966) does for despair: in its distortions he finds the marvelous, and through the marvelous the redemptive force of imagination. Originally published in 1932 in France, Les Vases communicants is an effort to show how the discoveries and techniques of surrealism could lead to recovery from despondency. This English translation makes available "the theories upon which the whole edifice of surrealism, as Breton conceived it, is based." In Communicating Vessels Breton lays out the problems of everyday experience and of intellect. His involvement with political thought and action led him to write about the relations between nations and individuals in a mode that moves from the quotidian to the lyrical. His dreams triggered a curious correspondence with Freud, available only in this book. As Caws writes, "The whole history of surrealism is here, in these pages."

Author : Joyce Raimondo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823025020

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Imagine That! by Joyce Raimondo Pdf

Henry is generally well-behaved, but he is occasionally arrogant and vain. Henry is at heart a hard worker, but his frequent bouts of illness hinder his work.

Author : Thomas Mical
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780415325196

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Surrealism and Architecture by Thomas Mical Pdf

Twenty-one essays examining the relationship of surrealist thought to architectural theory and practice.

Author : David Hopkins
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780191577697

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Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction by David Hopkins Pdf

The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea of the 'readymade', attitudes towards the city, the impact of Freud, attitudes to women, fetishism, and primitivism. The international nature of these movements is examined, covering the cities of Zurich, New York, Berlin, Cologne, Barcelona, Paris, London, and recenlty discovered examples in Eastern Europe. Hopkins explores the huge range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism (collage, painting, found objects, performance art, photography, film) , whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. He also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Natalya Lusty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108851619

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Surrealism by Natalya Lusty Pdf

This book examines the salient ideas and practices that have shaped Surrealism as a protean intellectual and cultural concept that fundamentally shifted our understanding of the nexus between art, culture, and politics. By bringing a diverse set of artistic forms and practices such as literature, manifestos, collage, photography, film, fashion, display, and collecting into conversation with newly emerging intellectual traditions (ethnography, modern science, anthropology, and psychoanalysis), the essays in this volume reveal Surrealism's enduring influence on contemporary thought and culture alongside its anti-colonial political position and international reach. Surrealism's fascination with novel forms of cultural production and experimental methods contributed to its conceptual malleability and temporal durability, making it one of the most significant avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. The book traces how Surrealism's urgent political and aesthetic provocations have bequeathed an important legacy for recent scholarly interest in thing theory, critical vitalism, new materialism, ontology, and animal/human studies.

Author : Georges Bataille
Publisher : Verso
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 0860914194

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The Absence of Myth by Georges Bataille Pdf

For Bataille, 'the absence of myth' had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had 'lost the secret of its cohesion', Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and the beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme are the result of profound reflection in the wake of World War Two. The Absence of Myth is the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. Clarifying Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and throwing revealing light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton, The Absence of Myth shows Bataille to be a much more radical figure than his postmodernist devotees would have us believe: a man who continually tried to extend Marxist social theory; a pessimistic thinker, but one as far removed from nihilism as can be. Introduced and translated by Michael Richardson.

Author : Natalya Lusty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 1108797369

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Surrealism by Natalya Lusty Pdf