Product Description
by David Hopkins (Editor), Dana Arnold (Editor)
This excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism blends expert synthesis of the latest scholarship with completely new research, offering historical coverage as well as in-depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender.
- This book provides an excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism from some of the finest established and up-and-coming scholars in the field
- Offers historical coverage as well as in-depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender
- One of the first studies to produce global coverage of the two movements, it also includes a section dealing with the critical and cultural aftermath of Dada and Surrealism in the later twentieth century
- Dada and Surrealism are arguably the most popular areas of modern art, both in the academic and public spheres
Author Biography
David Hopkins is Professor of Art History at the University of Glasgow. An acknowledged expert on Dada and Surrealism, he has published widely on these movements, and on artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst. His books include Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst: The Bride Shared (1998) and Dada's Boys: Masculinity After Duchamp (2007). He is also author of the bestselling short guide to the subject, Dada and Surrealism: A Short Introduction (2004).
