Surrealism and the Dream

by Dawn Ades

"Can't the dream be used in solving the fundamental problems of life?" asked Andr? Breton, in the First Surrealist Manifesto. For the Surrealists, dreams were the ultimate site of possibility, the realm in which the artist and writer might be liberated from his or her rationality, moral judgment and taste. This beautifully designed volume offers, for the first time, a thorough account of the centrality of dreams to the Surrealist project. It...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8415113463
• ISBN13: 9788415113461
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 11.7"