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Looking at Dada
Sarah Ganz Blythe, Edward Powers
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Born in the midst of World War I, Dada posed a fundamental challenge to established social values and artistic norms. The 1910s and early 20s marked the birth of the illustrated press and radio broadcasting, the commercial cinema, and the industrial...
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Dada East: The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire
Tom Sandqvist
The MIT Press
The MIT Press
Dada -- perhaps the most famous and outrageous of modernism's artistic movements -- is said to have begun at the Cabaret Voltaire, a literary evening staged at the restaurant Meierei in Zurich on February 5, 1916. The evening featured stamping,...
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Man Ray (Midsize)
Katherine Ware, Emmanuelle De L'Ecotais
Taschen
Taschen
Man Ray (1890-1976) is indisputably one of the most original artists of the 20th century. His revolutionary nude studies, fashion work, and portraits opened a new chapter in the history of photography. Born under the name of Emmanuel Radnitzky in...
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Marc Chagall: The Lost Jewish World
Benjamin Harshav
Rizzoli
Rizzoli
"If I were not a Jew . . . I wouldn't have been an artist, or I would be a different artist altogether." -Marc Chagall, Leaves from My Notebook. Marc Chagall is one of the most popular artists of the 20th century, famous for his poetic, surreal...
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Salvador Dali: Life and Work (Art in Hand)
Frank Meyers
Konemann
Konemann
Almost half Dalí's illustrations in this book have rarely been seen This publication presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). After many years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret finally located all the...
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Pablo Picasso: Life and Work (Art in Focus (Konemann))
h.f. ullmann
h.f. ullmann
Pablo Picasso is indisputably one of the great artists of the 20th century. This handsome volume is a fine introduction to a legendary figure and includes more than 60 plates of his masterpieces as well as some lesser-known works. Find out where...
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