Originally published in 1928 and augmented throughout the author's life, Surrealism and Painting is the single most important statement ever written on Surrealist art. While many pages have been devoted to visual Surrealism, this is the only book on the subject by the movement's founder and prime theorist. It contains André Breton's seminal treatise on the origins and foundations of artistic Surrealism, with his trenchant assessments of its precursors and practitioners, and his call for the plastic arts to "refer to a purely internal model," to excavate the "dark continent" of consciousness. Also included are essays--many of them classics in their own right--on Picasso, Duchamp, Kahlo, Dali, Ernst, Masson, Gorky, Picabia, Miro, Magritte, Kandinsky, Hantai and others, as well as pieces on Gallic art, outsider art and the folk arts of Haiti and Oceania. But above and beyond the subject matter, what makes this book so enduringly compelling is Breton's signature mixture of rigorous erudition and visceral passion, his sense of art as adventure, and his discoveries of many of Modernism's most prominent figures early in their careers. Long unavailable in English, Surrealism and Painting is not only a supremely exciting work of art criticism, but also one of the three or four indispensable references for any serious discussion of modern art.

Surrealism and Painting

BRETON, André

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This book explores the connection between music and painting in the 19th century leading to Impressionism and abstract art. The author shows how this connection reaches back at least as far as Poussin, who based the technique of some of his pictures on the character of the musical modes.

Music and Painting: A Study in Comparative Ideas from Turner to Schoenberg

Edward Lockspeiser

Concepts of Modern Art

Arts & Photography

Stangos, Nikos

Richardson, Tony

History & Criticism

First published in 1928, this informative study offers an introduction to the most influential and widespread artistic movement that England ever produced - the Gothic revival. It shows how buildings once neglected and laughed at could latterly be seen as having grace and artistic merit.

Gothic Revival an Essay in the History of Taste

CLARK, Kenneth

Cubism-Futurism

Kozloff

The Bolshoi Ballet

Cameron, Judy

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

Age of the Masters

Banham,Reyner

Art Culture

DAVIS

The Wrightsman Lectures delivered under the auspices of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. Black and white illustrations throughout. Measures 8x10.5 inches. Discusses Raphael's working methods and his capacity to make his insights clear. Chronology. Index. 304p.

Raphael (The Wrightsman Lectures, Delivered Under the Auspices of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts)

POPE-HENNESSY, John

Ancient China: Art and Archaeology

Politics & Social Sciences

Rawson, Jessica

Archaeology

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