This is the first comprehensive study of bodily images in Dada. Travelling between the international centres of the movement, from Zurich to Berlin, Paris to New York, it examines a diverse range of media, including art, literature, performance, photography and film. Its overall…
A comprehensive study of Dada's images of the body in various media and geographical centres. Mask or machine-part, grotesque or iconoclastic, the bodily image is confronted as both a reflection of and on the disjunctive, dehumanised society of wartime and post-war Europe, and a…
We all know what Modern Art looks like. We've seen Monet's water lilies, we've admired Picasso's nudes, and we've gawked at Damien's shark, as well as the price tag. But what does it all mean? What is Modern Art? Who started it? Why do we love/hate it? And why is it such big mon…
This volume presents an overview of the Dada and Surrealism art movements. Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, theater, and graphic design, and concentrated its a…
This volume presents an overview of the Dada and Surrealism art movements. Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, theater, and graphic design, and concentrated its a…
This volume presents an overview of the Dada and Surrealism art movements. Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, theater, and graphic design, and concentrated its a…
"One of the most admired artists of the twentieth century, Max Ernst was a proponent of Dada and founder of surrealism, known for his strange, evocative paintings and drawings. In Prehistoric Future, Ralph Ubl approaches Ernst like no one else has, using theories of the unconsci…
"One of the most admired artists of the twentieth century, Max Ernst was a proponent of Dada and founder of surrealism, known for his strange, evocative paintings and drawings. In Prehistoric Future, Ralph Ubl approaches Ernst like no one else has, using theories of the unconsci…
One of the most admired artists of the twentieth century, Max Ernst was a proponent of Dada and founder of surrealism, known for his strange, evocative paintings and drawings. This book uses theories of the unconscious-surrealist automatism, Freudian psychoanalysis, the concept …