| Surreal Lives: The Surrealists 1917-1945 Contributor(s): Brandon, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 080213727X ISBN-13: 9780802137272 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: A sharp analysis of the Surrealist movement and the group of writers, painters, and filmmakers who set out to change the perception of the world. Photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 709.040 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6" W x 9.01" (1.69 lbs) 554 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the years following World War I, a small group of writers, painters, and filmmakers called the Surrealists set out to change the way we perceive the world. In Surreal Lives, Ruth Brandon follows the lives and interactions of such firecracker minds as the movement's didactic Pope, Andre Breton, and the ambitious and manic Salvador Dali, as well as Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, Max Ernst, and filmmaker Luis Bunuel. It charts their shifting allegiances, and their ties to muses and patrons like Gala Dali and Peggy Guggenheim. Ruth Brandon spins the many stories of Surrealism with wit, energy, and insight, bringing sharp analysis to an eccentric cast of characters whose struggles and achievements came to mirror and define the way the world changed between the wars. Fascinating, impassioned... admirable for] the masterly storytelling, the richness of anecdotal incident, the keen reporting of intellectual enthusiasms and artistic collaborations, and the panorama of a spectacular cultural galaxy. -- The New York Times Book Review; Superbly entertaining... A cousin to Malcolm Cowley's Exile's Return. -- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World; A lively and absorbing complement to the Surrealists'] work. -- The New Yorker |