Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (737 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3791343653 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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It draws on an international range of artists to investigate how their practices responded to, developed, enriched, and even subverted the conventions and traditions of art history. Angels of Anarchy reconsiders the art-historical tradition of women Surrealists. One hundred colour images by thirty artists are accompanied by essays that illuminate fascinating aspects of the Surrealist approach. Surrealism, and in particular its women practitioners, has undergone a resurgence of interest in the past decade as evidenced by numerous exhibiti
Buy this book with Chadwick's Anyone wanting to learn about the fine women artists associated with the Surrealist movement of the 1920s through 1950s should buy both this book and Whitney Chadwick's Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement. The two perfectly complement each other, making up for each other's weaknesses. Chadwick's text is extensive and well written, describing the women's lives and relationships to the primarily male, and often misogynist, movement and its members in detail, but
She is the author of Rene Magritte: Beyond Painting. . PATRICIA ALLMER is a Chancellor's Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh
About the Author PATRICIA ALLMER is a Chancellor's Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Rene Magritte: Beyond Painting.