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3. With Salvador Dalí as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism
traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing
with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytical practice of
Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists championed the unconscious as the
domain of truth, uninhibited by the standards or expectations of
society.With techniques ranging from hypnotism to nocturnal walks to
automatic writing, the likes of André Breton, Max Ernst, Brassaï, and
Meret Oppenheim produced paintings, drawings, texts, and films in
which they sought to excavate their most intimate and primal instincts.
The results abound with sexual fantasies, with mysterious, menacing
creatures, and with the juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory objects
or ideas.This book introduces the origins and the sensational legacy of
the Surrealist movement, one of the most profound and enduring
influences on film, theater, literature, art, and thought.Featured artists:
Hans Arp, André Breton, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst,
Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, René Magritte, André Masson, Matta, Joan
Miró, Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim, Yves TanguyAbout the
seriesBorn back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-
selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN’s
Basic Genre series features:approximately 100 color illustrations with
explanatory captionsa detailed, illustrated introductiona selection of the
most important works of the epoch, each presented on a two-page
spread with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as well
as a portrait and brief biography of the artist