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limited edition, 8°, 194 S. mit 63 Farb- und 13 s/w-Abbildungen, Text: englisch, schwarzer original Seidentafteinband mit glänzend-schwarzer Rückenbeschriftung und dem illustr. original Schutzumschlag, sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar ohne nennenswerte Mängel, noch in der schützen Klarsichthülle (diese aber nicht auf unserer Abbildung) Introduction (Judith Noble, Dominic Shepherd and Jesse Bransford) / Ingestion and Descent: The Chthonic Realms of Leonora Carrington (Susan L. Aberth) / The Dark Mark: Tattoo as Ritual of Transformation (Natan Alexander) / The Empress, 2015 (Lindsey Bull) / Self-Obliteration through Self-Love (David Burrows) / The Sitters (Tom Butler) / Etruscan Monochromes (Gean Moreno) / Transformation of the Everyday Material Magic in Jan vankmajer's Art and Films (Kristoffer Noheden) / Le Bal: Bewitching the Classical Body (Katerina Pantelides) / Abject Bodies and Places of Enchantment (Deanna Petherbridge) / Embodying the Androgyne: Psychoanalysis and Alchemical Desire in Max Ernst's Men Shall Know Nothing of This - 1923 (Daniel Zamani) Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Breton's late treatise on magic and art appears for the first time in English, complete with citations, commentaries and a bibliographyWhat is 'Magic Art' In 1953, André Breton, founder of the Surrealist movement, was invited by a prestigious French publisher to explore answers to this question. His resulting analysis is wide-ranging and evocative. Beginning with a literary review of magic and art, Breton draws upon Novalis and Baudelaire before considering the prehistoric rock art of Spain and France, the native art of the Pacific Northwest, the magical grimoires and alchemical symbolism of the Middle Ages, and the work of Hieronymus Bosch, Antoine Caron, Paolo Uccello, Gustav Moreau, Paul Gauguin and the Surrealists. Through these and other diverse sources, Breton traces a mystery that lies at the heart of our timeless fascination with otherness and seeks to place Surrealism as a successor to a magical sensibility that began with art itself.First published in 1957 as L'Art magique, this important text is offered here as an English translation for the first time. Working from manuscript notes for the original project, this edition presents the iconographic content as Breton intended, together with more than 300 new citations and a comprehensive bibliography that emphasizes sources found in Breton's own library.André Breton (1896-1966) was one of the founders and most controversial exponents of Surrealism, defining the movement in his first Surrealist Manifesto as 'pure psychic automatism.' Fleeing from Europe during World War II, Breton traveled throughout North America staging Surrealist exhibitions and lending his voice to several political movements.…