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Surrealism
Cathrin Klingsoehr-Leroy
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Description for Surrealism
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 266 x 14. Weight in Grams: 580.
With Salvador Dali as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytical practice of Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists championed the unconscious as the domain of truth, uninhibited by the standards or expectations of society. With techniques ranging from hypnotism to nocturnal walks to automatic writing, the likes of Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Brassai, and Meret Oppenheim produced paintings, drawings, texts, and films in which they sought to excavate their most intimate and primal instincts. The results abound with ... Read more
With Salvador Dali as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytical practice of Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists championed the unconscious as the domain of truth, uninhibited by the standards or expectations of society. With techniques ranging from hypnotism to nocturnal walks to automatic writing, the likes of Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Brassai, and Meret Oppenheim produced paintings, drawings, texts, and films in which they sought to excavate their most intimate and primal instincts. The results abound with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836506731
SKU
V9783836506731
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99-13
About Cathrin Klingsoehr-Leroy
Cathrin Klingsohr-Leroy (b. 1958) studied art history, archaeology and German literature in Regensburg, Bonn and Paris. She wrote her doctoral thesis on The Artist Portrait in the French Grand Siecle. Previously curator of the Fritz Winter Foundation at the Bayerische Staatsgemalde-samm-lungen in Munich, she is currently director of the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See. She has ... Read more
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