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9%OFFM. E. Warlick - Max Ernst and Alchemy : A Magician in Search of Myth (Surrealist - 9780292791367 - V9780292791367
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Max Ernst and Alchemy : A Magician in Search of Myth (Surrealist

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Description for Max Ernst and Alchemy : A Magician in Search of Myth (Surrealist Paperback. Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the 'alchemy of the visual image'. This book demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career. It helps you understand a multilayered complexity of Ernst's works. Series: The Surrealist Revolution Series. Num Pages: 335 pages, 73 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD7; AGB; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.

Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different perspective on Ernst and alchemy, however, M. E. Warlick persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career.

A revival of interest in alchemy swept the artistic, psychoanalytic, historical, and scientific circles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Warlick sets ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
The Surrealist Revolution Series
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292791367
SKU
V9780292791367
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About M. E. Warlick
M. E. Warlick is Professor of European Modern Art at the University of Denver.

Reviews for Max Ernst and Alchemy : A Magician in Search of Myth (Surrealist
"M. E. Warlick's book is a unique and highly significant contribution to the literature on modern art and modern culture in general."
Linda D. Henderson, Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Austin " ... when M. E. Warlick discusses {Ernst's] early art and the Surrealist context, she is authoritative... Her own scrupulously researched chapters on the artist's formative ... Read more

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