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The Portable Dali (Portables)
Universe
Universe
As a founding master of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí remains one of the most provocative and intriguing artists of the twentieth century. This hand-held, compact collection of hundreds of images illustrates the complete arc of his career, which can be...
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Dada Seminars, The (Casva Seminar Papers)
David Joselit, George Baker, T.J. Demos, Uwe Fleckner, Marcella Lista, Arnauld Pierre, Jeffrey Schnapp, Matthew Witkovsky, Hal Foster, Helen Molesworth, Amelia Jones
D.A.P./The National Gallery of Art, Washington
D.A.P./The National Gallery of Art, Washington
This volume of 12 essays fills a broad gap in modernist art history. Taken together, these case studies on artists and concepts present Dada as a coherent movement with a set of operating principles. Among the " tactics" elaborated are the...
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Between Lives: An Artist and Her World
Dorothea Tanning
Northwestern University Press
Northwestern University Press
Dorothea Tanning, one of the twentieth-century's most original and provocative painters, delivers a vivid account of a fascinating life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals not only her life story, but the irresistibly creative mind...
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The Surreal Calder
Mark Rosenthal, Francisco Calvo Serraller
Yale University Press
Yale University Press
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is a key presence in the history of modern art, and yet he is rarely seen or remembered in the context from which he initially emerged as an artist. When Calder became "Calder" – well known for his signature...
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Biography
Pierre Assouline
Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson
The first full biography ever published—a vivid portrait of this complex, curious, brilliant man. The twentieth century was the century of the image—and Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was the eye of the century. Through the decades,...
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The Dada Spirit
Emmanuelle De L'Ecotais
Assouline
Assouline
Dada. This onomatopoeia suggesting a child's babbling started one of the most important mutations in the history of art. But what is Dada? Born of the First World War, Dada is a movement bringing together both artists and writers. From Zurich in...
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Surrealism (Basic Art)
Cathrin Klingsohr-Leroy
Taschen
Taschen
Introduction with 30 photographs plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural, scientific and sporting events that took place during the movement; 35 most important works and artists included.
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Joan Miro 1917û1934: I'm Going To Smash Their Guitar
Joan Miro, Agnes Angliviel De La Beaumelle
Paul Holberton Publishing
Paul Holberton Publishing
Miro's art has been seen as innocent and child-like, but one should dubt the innocence, or see the child in quite brutal Freudian terms. This study of the crucial formative period of Miro's art—from 1917 to 1934, from his first emergence in the...
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