| Title:
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REALISM, RATIONALISM, SURREALISM
ART BETWEEN THE WARS |
| By: |
David Batchelor, Briony Fer, Paul Wood |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£22.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300055196 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300055191 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 June, 1993 |
| Pages: |
371 |
| Description: |
Begins by considering responses by French artists to World War I, showing how Purism, Dada and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The book then discusses the language of construction in France, Germany and the USSR and addresses the debate over realism in art. |
| Synopsis: |
This book begins by considering responses by French artists to the First World War, showing how Purism, Dada, and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The authors then discuss the language of construction in places as dissimilar as France, Germany, and the Soviet Union; the contrasting demands of the utility and decoration of objects and paintings; and the relationship of surrealism to questions of sexuality and gender and to Freudian theory. The book concludes by addressing the widespread debate over realism in art: whether it represents an alternative to the elitism of the avant-garde or whether avant-garde art should play a role in the development of a modern realism. |
| Illustrations: |
240 b-w + 64 color illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |