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Lee Miller: Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
Patricia Allmer
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Description for Lee Miller: Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
Hardback. Revises conventional biographical accounts of Miller's work, examining unpublished and lesser-known works, and offering new insights into her relationship with surrealism and the American avant-garde. Num Pages: 288 pages, 120 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Lee Miller: Photography, surrealism, and beyond offers a major new critical discussion of the work of one of the most significant twentieth-century photographers. Applying art-theoretical analyses and insights afforded by previously unseen material in archives and collections, Patricia Allmer undertakes revisionary readings of many of Miller's works, including Portrait of Space, Severed Breast from Radical Mastectomy and the famous series of war photographs produced for Vogue. At the same time she sheds new light on Miller's relations with surrealist groups and American avant-gardes, on her experiences in Paris, Egypt and World War II Europe and on her critically neglected post-war ... Read more
Lee Miller: Photography, surrealism, and beyond offers a major new critical discussion of the work of one of the most significant twentieth-century photographers. Applying art-theoretical analyses and insights afforded by previously unseen material in archives and collections, Patricia Allmer undertakes revisionary readings of many of Miller's works, including Portrait of Space, Severed Breast from Radical Mastectomy and the famous series of war photographs produced for Vogue. At the same time she sheds new light on Miller's relations with surrealist groups and American avant-gardes, on her experiences in Paris, Egypt and World War II Europe and on her critically neglected post-war ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
802g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719085475
SKU
V9780719085475
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About Patricia Allmer
Patricia Allmer is Senior Lecturer at the School of History of Art, University of Edinburgh -- .
Reviews for Lee Miller: Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
'The book is provocative and will inspire thoughtful reconsideration of Dada and surrealism-its people, activities, and production.' C. Chiarenza, University of Rochester, Choice July 2016 'This groundbreaking book is a welcome, indeed crucial, addition to Lee Miller scholarship. Allmer's analyses reframe and enhance our comprehension of Miller's artistic oeuvre, gracefully complementing, rather than completely upending, the ... Read more