Surreal Lives by Ruth Brandon

Surreal Lives by Ruth Brandon

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In the years following World War I the way we perceive the world was turned upside down by a group of writers, painters and film-makers: the surrealists. Their aim was to revolutionize the arts and through them everything else. This text follows the growth of the surrealist movement.

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Surreal Lives by Ruth Brandon

In the years following World War I the way we perceive the world was turned upside down by a group of writers, painters and film-makers: the surrealists. Their aim was to revolutionize the arts and through them everything else. This text follows the growth of the surrealist movement. It focuses on the lives of the movements central characters, Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, and the outrageous Salvador Dali as their dilemmas, struggles and achievements came to mirror the way the world changed between the wars.
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ISBN 13 9780333681558
ISBN 10 033368155X
Title Surreal Lives
Author Ruth Brandon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1999-05-07
Number of pages 512
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