Dreamlike, fantastic imagery With Salvador Dal� as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the wild and turbulent sea of the Roaring Twenties, its sails full of winds blown by Sigmund Freud and Andr� Breton. With their mysterious, dreamlike, fantastic imagery, the Surrealists made sensational waves in the art world. The influence of artists such as Dal�, Bu�uel, Ernst, and Magritte on 20th century film, theatre, literature, art theory--even advertising--is inestimable. This book traces their legacy back to its origins.
Featured artists: Hans Arp, Andr� Breton, Brassa�, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dal�, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, Ren� Magritte, Andr� Masson, Matta, Joan Mir�, Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim, Yves Tanguy About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:
a detailed illustrated introduction plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural and social events that took place during that period
a selection of the most important works of the epoch, each of which is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and with an interpretation of the respective work, plus a portrait and brief biography of the artist
approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions
