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In Montparnasse : the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali
- Title
- In Montparnasse : the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali / Sue Roe.
- Author
- Roe, Sue
- Publication
- New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- During the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the cradle of Dada and Surrealism. In this crowd biography, Sue Roe tells the story - from Duchamp to Dali, via Man Ray and Max Ernst - of the salons and cafes, alliances and feuds, love affairs and scandals, successes and suicides of one of the most important and long-lasting artistic achievements of the twentieth century.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Originally published: UK: Fig Tree, 2018.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: nude descending a staircase -- Café life, performances and fancy-dress balls -- What is art? -- Anticipation in Paris, readymades in New York -- Parade: Une sorte de sur-réalisme -- The dada manifesto -- Rrose Sélavy -- Max Ernst's surrealist collages -- The first rayographs -- The female anatomy explored -- The surrealist manifesto -- New surrealist perspectives -- Surrealists divide -- Surrealists explore l'amour fou -- The impact of Salvador Dalí -- The long lens of surrealism.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-11128
- ISBN
- 9780241976609
- 024197660X
- 1101981172
- 9781101981177
- LCCN
- 2019286423
- OCLC
- 1091692428
- Author
- Roe, Sue, author.
- Title
- In Montparnasse : the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali / Sue Roe.
- Publisher
- New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-11128