Dada and Surrealism: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Dada and Surrealism: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192802545

ISBN-10: 0192802542

ISBN-13: 9780192802545

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Hopkins

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The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea of the 'readymade', attitudes towards the city, the impact of Freud, attitudes to women,fetishism, and primitivism. The international nature of these movements is examined, covering the cities of Zurich, New York, Berlin, Cologne, Barcelona, Paris, London, and recenlty discovered examples in Eastern…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/24/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Dada and Surrealism: a historical overview



'Rather life': promoting Dada and Surrealism



Art and anti-art



'Who am I?': mind/spirit/body



Politics



Looking back on Dada and Surrealism


References


Further reading


Dada: the main centres--key individuals and events


Key Surrealist events


Key figures associated with surrealism


Index