Surrealism (Paperback)

Surrealism is an art movement, dedicated to expressing the imagination as revealed in dreams, free of the conscious control of reason and convention. Surrealism inherited its anti-rationalist sensibility from Dada, but was lighter in spirit than that movement. Like Dada, it was shaped by emerging theories on our perception of reality, the most obvious influence being Freud's model of the subconscious. Founded in Paris in 1924 by Andre Breton with his Manifesto of Surrealism, it was above all a revolutionary movement and its principal aim was "to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality". The Surrealist circle was made up of many of the great artists of the 20th century, including Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray, Joan Miro, Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dali.

General

Imprint:	Skira
Country of origin:	Italy
Series:	Skira Mini Art Books
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Flaminio Gualdoni
Dimensions:	168 x 137 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-88-613-0537-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Surrealism & Dada
LSN:	88-613-0537-7
Barcode:	9788861305373

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