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Surrealism / by Susie Brooks.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Brooks, Susie. Inside art movements ; Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780756562410
  • 0756562414
  • 9781786378460
  • 1786378469
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Unconscious art -- Hobbyhorse war -- Surreal beginnings -- Nightingale nightmare -- Intentional accidents -- A hunger party -- Chance experiments -- Hyper-real dreams -- A man with a mustache -- The picture trickster -- Photo play -- Unordinary objects -- Furniture face -- Surrealist showtime -- Woman and women -- My twin self -- Anguish and exile -- Wonders after war -- A bowler hat and apples -- Globally surreal -- Legacy of the unexpected.
Summary: "The Surrealist movement turned the art world on its head with bold, strange works of art that celebrated the subconscious and the power of dreams, and delighted in defying convention. With celebrated artists, such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, the Surrealists' legacy lives on today, influencing media from art and music to film and advertising"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 709.0406 B873 Available 33111010408181
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The surrealist movement turned the art world on its head with bold, strange works of art that celebrated the subconscious and the power of dreams, and delighted in defying convention. With celebrated artists, such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, the surrealists' legacy lives on today, influencing media from art and music to film and advertising.

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Unconscious art -- Hobbyhorse war -- Surreal beginnings -- Nightingale nightmare -- Intentional accidents -- A hunger party -- Chance experiments -- Hyper-real dreams -- A man with a mustache -- The picture trickster -- Photo play -- Unordinary objects -- Furniture face -- Surrealist showtime -- Woman and women -- My twin self -- Anguish and exile -- Wonders after war -- A bowler hat and apples -- Globally surreal -- Legacy of the unexpected.

"The Surrealist movement turned the art world on its head with bold, strange works of art that celebrated the subconscious and the power of dreams, and delighted in defying convention. With celebrated artists, such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, the Surrealists' legacy lives on today, influencing media from art and music to film and advertising"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 9-14.

Grades 4 to 6.

RL: 3-4 ; IL: 3-9.

Accelerated Reader AR 7.1 1.0 502812.

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