Realism, rationalism, surrealism : art between the wars
Batchelor, David, 1955-1993
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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.
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Imprint:
London : Yale University Press, 1993.
Collation:
348 pages. : 304 illustrations, (64 colour ) bibliog , index ; 256 x193 mm.
Series title:
Modern Art, Practices & Debates ; Book 3
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Part 1 'This liberty and this order'- Art in France after the. First World War, David Batchelor: Naturalism, Classicism, the School of Paris Groups, magazines, programmes Purism and L'Esprit Nouveau Dada From Literature to La Revolution Surrealiste Common grounds Contested space References. Part 2 The language of construction by Briony Fer: Russian Constructivism The language of construction and the construction of language Disembodied form - construction and the gendered self Standards of efficiency Luxury, utility and the decorative Rationalization and ritual Conclusion References. Part 3 Surrealism, Myth and Psychoanalysis by Briony Fer: Surrealism and difference Breton's Nadja the 'uncanny' Breton and Bataille The role of psychic disorder in the Surrealist aesthetic Objects of desire Muse/artist Beginnings, again References. Part 4 Realisms and Realities by Paul Wood: Realism in the 1930S Soviet Russia Weimar Germany Towards Socialist Realism Counter-conclusion.
ISBN:
0300055196 (paperback)
Dewey class:
709.041759.06
LC class:
N6494.R4F4
Local class:
709.041
Language:
English
BRN:
1104771
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