Surrealist Art

Surrealismwasarevolution.Unlikeothermodernmovementssuchascubismandgeometricalabstraction,itwasnotbasedpurelyonartisticinnovation;itsaimwasnothinglessthantheliberation,inartandinlife,oftheresourcesofthesubconsciousmind.SaraneAlexandriantracesthedevelopmentofsurrealismfromitsoriginsintheDadaanti-artrevoltof1916-1920tothedeathofitsguidingspirit,AndreBreton,in1966,whichmarkedtheendofitsexistenceasaformalentity.Theauthordiscussesandillustratesanastonishingvarietyofsurrealistartists,includingnotonlysuchgiantsofthemovementasDali,Miro,Duchamp,TanguyandMagritte,butahostofotherremarkabletalents.231illus.,50incolor.