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Parables of Peanuts

Short, Robert

Religion & Spirituality

Collins, Harvill Press

Paul Klee

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

Thames and Hudson

Hans Bellmer

WEBB, Peter

Arts & Photography

Quartet Books Ltd.

The two related movements, Dada and Surrealism, dominated the art world between the two World Wars with a new form of art that was intended to shock the spectator into a new awareness of reality. But Dada and Surrealism were more than just movements in art advocating new styles of painting; they were the expression of a revolt against Western civilization and culture, in which works of art were the means to an end rather than an end in themselves. Robert Short looks at the ideas which lay at the heart of the two movements, explaining how the Dadas and the Surrealists came to produce works defying the canons of taste that had dominated European culture since the Renaissance, works whose bizarre power and striking originality have made them the most instantly recognizable and universally popular of all types of modern art. This book also reveals the considerable diversity within the two movements. Tracing Dada to its origins - Man Ray and Duchamp in New York; Hugo Ball and Jean Arp in Zurich; Huelsenbeck and George Grosz in Berlin - Robert Short describes the forms taken by Dada in different centres before it reached its extraordinary finale in Paris. He also shows that the break between the Surrealists and the Dadas was not merely the result of a struggle for control of the movement between the various personalities but had its roots in fundamental differences of belief.

Dada and Surrealism

History & Criticism

New York: Octopus Books Limited

When Robert Short began receiving messages from extraterrestrial sources in 1952, little did he know that his contact would become his life's purpose, eventually disseminating these messages through private consultations and a newsletter that is sent to people around the world. 
The positive extraterrestrial sources who convey this information through Robert tell us that they at one time existed in our solar system on a planet known as Maldek. However, due to the implosion of that planet, they were forced to evacuate, moving into a parallel solar system in a parallel universe. 
Out of the Stars - A Message From Extraterrestrial Intelligence is the true story of Robert's connection with these beings, and the sharing of their knowledge of our planet's history and future events for the people of earth.

Out of the Stars: A Message from Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Occult & Paranormal

Infinity Publishing

Master of the Rose: Attributes of God

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Presents a reassessment of two key movements in modern art, and documents the contributions of major artists such as Dali, Magritte, Ernst, Duchamp, and Arp

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Spiralling out of the Surrealist movement alongside the art, photographs & manifestos were a number of experimental films, notably Salvador Dali & Luis Bunuel's 'Un Chien Andalou'. This work revisits these films and explores their making, their themes & images, & the scandals that accompanied their release.

The Age of Gold: Dali, Bunuel, Artaud: Surrealist Cinema (Solar Film Directives)

Solar Books

An Answer To A Pamphlet Entitled A Review Of A Trial Of Andrew Hill, For Murder, By Edward D. Worthington, A.m.! M.d.! One Of The Governors Of The ... And Surgeons, I.c.! Etc., Etc., Etc

History

Americas

Legare Street Press

101 Things Instead Worrying About World

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Short Books Ltd

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