The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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... images from the individual's unconscious ) . Surrealism and psychoanalysis were European imports , and none of the painters had any direct contact with " primitive " peoples , in America or out of it . But there was one national legacy ...
... images from the individual's unconscious ) . Surrealism and psychoanalysis were European imports , and none of the painters had any direct contact with " primitive " peoples , in America or out of it . But there was one national legacy ...
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... images , that the social function of this image - haze would be to erode distinction rather than multiply the possible discriminations about reality , would have been unthinkable to our great- grandparents - let alone to our remote ...
... images , that the social function of this image - haze would be to erode distinction rather than multiply the possible discriminations about reality , would have been unthinkable to our great- grandparents - let alone to our remote ...
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... images whose juxtapositions are often Surrealist in their incongruity . With this parade of interchangeable ghosts , and in a chaotic way , we make our own montages in between watching the montages of others . Thus one of the dreams of ...
... images whose juxtapositions are often Surrealist in their incongruity . With this parade of interchangeable ghosts , and in a chaotic way , we make our own montages in between watching the montages of others . Thus one of the dreams of ...
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