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The Lives of the Surrealists (Hardcover)
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The Lives of the Surrealists (Hardcover)
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No other art movement in history has contained two artists as
different as Magritte and Miro. This is because Surrealism was not
in origin an art movement, but a philosophical strategy. It was a
way of life - a rebellion against the establishment that had given
the world the hideous slaughter of the First World War. Instead of
trying to analyse the work of the Surrealists, bestselling author
and Surrealist artist Desmond Morris concentrates on them as people
- as remarkable individuals. What were their personalities, their
predilections, their character strengths and flaws? Did they enjoy
a social life or were they loners? Were they bold eccentrics or
timid recluses? Drawing on the author's personal knowledge of the
Surrealists, this book captures their life histories,
idiosyncrasies and often-complex love lives, vividly illustrated
with images of the artists and their works. The arts of Surrealism
were both spectacular and international, shaped by the darkest,
most irrational workings of the unconscious. Shocking, witty and
always entertaining, Morris' tales illuminate the striking
variation in approaches to the Surrealist philosophy, both in the
artist's work and in their lives.
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