Surrealism and the Visual Arts: Theory and Reception Tapa dura - 2005

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Very good/Very good. 4to. 255 x 180mm, 403 pages. B/w photos. Book condition: Very good, clean dark blue boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not clipped. Comments: The book studies the development of Surrealist theory and its reception, from it's birth to acceptance in the mid 30s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. First. Hardbound. VG+, DJ shows shelf wear. Dark blue boards w/ color pictorial DJ, [xi] 403pp, 49 BW figures. From the publisher--This 2005 study traces the development of Surrealist theory of visual art and its reception, from the birth of Surrealism to its institutionalization in the mid-1930s. Situating Surrealist art theory in its theoretical and discursive contexts, Kim Grant demonstrates the complex interplay between Surrealism and contemporary art criticism. She examines the challenge to Surrealist art raised by the magazine Cahiers d'Art, which promoted a group of young painters dedicated to a liberated and poetic painting process that was in keeping with the formalist evolution of modern art. Grant also discusses the centrality of visual art in Surrealism as a material manifestation of poetry, the significance of poetry in French theories of modern art, and the difficulties faced by an avant-garde art movement at a time when contemporary… Leer más

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Hardback. New. This 2005 study traces the development of Surrealist theory of visual art and its reception, from the birth of Surrealism to its institutionalization in the mid-1930s. Situating Surrealist art theory in its theoretical and discursive contexts, Kim Grant demonstrates the complex interplay between Surrealism and contemporary art criticism.

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