{"product_id":"women-artists-and-the-surrealist-movement","title":"Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis pioneering book stands as the most comprehensive treatment of the lives, ideas, and art works of the remarkable group of women who were an essential part of the Surrealist movement. Leonora Carrington, Léonor Fini, Frida Kahlo and Dorothea Tanning, among many others, became an embodiment of their age as they struggled towards artistic maturity and their own ‘liberation of the spirit’ in the context of the Surrealist revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir stories and their achievements are presented here against the background of the turbulent decades of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, and the war that forced Surrealism into exile in New York and Mexico. Whitney Chadwick, author of the highly acclaimed\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWomen, Art, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, interviewed and corresponded with most of the artists personally in the course of her research. Now revised, and with a new foreword by art historian Dawn Ades, this book contains a wealth of extracts from unpublished writings, and numerous illustrations that previous to this publication had never before been reproduced in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis groundbreaking study transformed the critical fortunes of the artists involved, and inspired a wholesale revision of the Surrealists’ story. It has acquired classic status among artists, art historians, critics and cultural historians, and remains essential reading for anyone with an interest in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion border-bottom border-grey-006 mx2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContents List\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-10 pb3\" data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Search for a Muse\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. The Muse as Artist\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Revolution and Sexuality\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. The Female Earth: Nature and the Imagination\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Women Artists and the Hermetic Tradition\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Cycles of Narrative Fantasy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion border-bottom border-grey-006 mx2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-10 pb3\" data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhitney Chadwick is an art historian and educator, who has published widely on contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism, and gender and sexuality. Among her many books are\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWomen, Art and Society\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Militant Muse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand, with Isabelle de Courtivron,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSignificant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-10 pb3\" data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-10 pb3\" data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-10 pb3\" data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"book_detail_table\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVazba:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eměkká\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePočet stran:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFormát:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd itemprop=\"bookFormat\"\u003e15,2 x 22,9 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eRok vydání:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Slovart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39571312410666,"sku":"9780500296165","price":669.0,"currency_code":"CZK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1538\/3583\/products\/womenartistsandthesurrealistmovement.jpg?v=1634761712","url":"https:\/\/booktherapy.cz\/products\/women-artists-and-the-surrealist-movement","provider":"Book Therapy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}