With its unprecedented depth and range, this massive new history of
Surrealism from veteran French philosopher and art critic Durozoi
will be the one-volume standard for years to come. . . . The book
discusses expertly the main surrealist artists like Jean Arp, Max
Ernst, Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, but
also treats with considerable understanding the surrealist writing
by Louis Aragon, Paul Eluard, Robert Desnos, Julien Gracq and, of
course, the so-called 'Pope of Surrealism, ' Andre Breton. . . .
This book should turn up in all serious collections on 20th century
art.--Publishers Weekly, starred review From Dada to the
Automatists, and from Max Ernst to Andre Breton, Gerard Durozoi
here provides the most comprehensive history of the Surrealist
movement. Tracing the movement from its origins in the 1920s to its
decline in the 1950s and 1960s, Durozoi tells the history of
Surrealism through its activities, publications, and reviews,
demonstrating its close ties to some of the most explosive
political, as well as creative, debates of the twentieth century.
Drawing on a staggering amount of documentary and visual
evidence--including 1,000 photos--Durozoi illuminates all the
intellectual and artistic facets of the movement, from literature
and philosophy to painting, photography, and film, thus making
History of the Surrealist Movement its definitive encyclopedia.
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