Kim Grant (University of Southern Maine)

Surrealism and the Visual Arts

Theory and Reception

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781107403345
• ISBN-10: 1107403340
• Artikelnr.: 33771133

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Poetry in the Theory and Criticism of Modern Painting in France: 1. The tradition of poetry and lyricism in French art criticism
2. Modern painting as poetic language
3. The discovery of lyricism
4. André Breton and modern art
Part II. Establishing a Surrealist Visual Art: 5. Defining Surrealism
6. Defining Surrealist visual art
7. Surrealism and painting I: the foundation of Surrealist art
8. La Peinture Surréaliste: the presentation of Surrealist art and its reception
9. Surrealism and painting II: materialism and morality
Part III. The Threat of Surrealist Art: 10. Initiating the challenge
11. Surrealism and painting III: avoiding automatism
12. Appropriating automatism
13. Realism and Surrealism
Part IV. Poetry Made Concrete: 14. Defying painting
15. Remaking reality
16. Automatic style
17. Conclusion: Surrealism as an institution.