Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros, and the Occult in Modern Art
by Rabinovitch, Celia
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0813365570
- ISBN 13
- 9780813365572
- Seller
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Richford, Vermont, United States
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Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Pr, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall. First edition/ first printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Very good condition. 290 pages.Illustrated. From archaic fetishism, found objects, dream images and free association, Surrealist artists and writers such as Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Meret Oppenheim and Wolfgang Paalen transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary by deliberately evoking the ambivalence of sacred power. Surrealism and the Sacred traces the conflict between the secular and sacred forces from prehistory and paganism through the Renaissance and the occult revival of the 19th century to the Surrealist movement of the 20th century. Against the tyranny of reason and the European bourgeoisie, Surrealists drew from occultism, Asian religions and mysticism, and psychoanalysis to create an uncanny and creative state of mind that continues to have a profound effect on the modern imagination. This remarkable book challenges conventional assumptions about modern art and its larger meanings in the history of knowledge.
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- Livres Norrois (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112593
- Title
- Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros, and the Occult in Modern Art
- Author
- Rabinovitch, Celia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813365570
- ISBN 13
- 9780813365572
- Publisher
- Westview Pr
- Place of Publication
- Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- English books;
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