How might artistic practice offer unique insight into the
cataclysmic debacle of war? "Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War"
plumbs this provocative question through an ambitious account of a
pivotal period in European cultural history. The book focuses on
the relation between artistic endeavor and politics during a period
of social crisis. By scrutinizing the widely varying responses to
the Spanish Civil War in the work of Miro, Dali, Caballero, Masson,
and Picasso, the author investigates Surrealism's efforts to bridge
the divide between political thought and political act.
Robin Adele Greeley examines such central works as Miro's "Still
Life with Old Shoe" and Dali's "Autumn Cannibalism" in the context
of contemporary works and historical events. She also examines such
topics as Surrealism's flirtations with fascism, the movement's
relations with the Communist Party and the Popular Front, and the
distinct development of Spanish versus French Surrealism. She
concludes with an in-depth discussion of Picasso's "Guernica,"
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