Surrealism and the Visual Arts: Theory and Reception - Couverture souple

Grant, Kim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1107403340 ISBN 13 : 9781107403345

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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 audiences had come to expect revolutionary innovation.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Surrealism and the Visual Arts is an excellently researched companion through this hectic journey." The Art Book, Robert Radford, University of East Anglia

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107403340
• ISBN 13: 9781107403345
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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