History Of The Surrealist Movement

From Dada to the Automatists and from Max Ernst to Andre Breton GerardDurozoi here provides the most comprehensive history of the Surrealistmovement. Tracing th... » 

From Dada to the Automatists and from Max Ernst to Andre Breton GerardDurozoi here provides the most comprehensive history of the Surrealistmovement. Tracing the movement from its origins in the 1920s to its decline inthe 1950s and 1960s Durozoi tells the history of Surrealism through itsactivities publications and reviews demonstrating its close ties to some ofthe most explosive political as well as creative debates of the twentiethcentury.Drawing on a staggering amount of documentary and visual evidenceincluding 1000 photosDurozoi illuminates all the intellectual and artisticfacets of the movement from literature and philosophy to paintingphotography and film thus making History of the Surrealist Movement itsdefinitive encyclopedia. «