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Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris»rank: 226918by: Dorothea Dietrich, Brigid Doherty, Sabine Kriebel, Janine Mileaf, Michael Taylor, Matthew Witkovsky, Hans Jean Arp, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, Francis Picabia, Max Ernst
: :Now available in paperback, this lavishly illustrated and astonishingly comprehensive volume stands as the definitive study of the influential but deliberately elusive international Dada movement of the early twentieth century. Organized according to the primary city centers where this shifting, quintessentially avant garde movement emerged, Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris features the work of 40 key artists, both infamous and lesser-known, including Louis Aragon, Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Andre Breton, Otto Dix, Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Hoch, Man Ray, Tristan Tzara and Kurt Schwitters, to name just a few, in media spanning painting, sculpture, photography, collage, photomontage, prints ... |
Une Semaine De Bonte: A Surrealistic Novel in Collage»rank: 60658by: Max Ernst
: :Masterpiece created out of periodical illustrations explores worlds of terror and surprise. Some consider this Ernst's greatest work. |
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The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach»rank: 468499from: Mosby
: :The 2nd edition of this highly successful essential clinical reference provides concise, evidence-based information on 69 popular forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and 46 common conditions frequently treated with CAM. Each section has a clear and accessible design for quick decision-making, and includes an analysis of the most up-to-date research available. This handy reference also includes a searchable CD-ROM.· Provides a single authoritative reference source on CAM for health professionals· Takes a systematic and evidence-based approach· Offers concise information on CAM diagnostic methods and treatments· Summarizes clinical trial data on the effectiveness of CAM for specific conditions· Alerts ... |
Surrealism Usa»rank: 539000by: Scott Rothkopf, Robert Lubar, Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Peter Blume, Arshile Gorky, Andre Masson, Kay Sage, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst
: :While Surrealism became unfashionable in Europe in the 1930s, it enjoyed increasing popularity across the Atlantic at the same time. Surrealism USa, the catalogue to the exhibition at the National Academy of Design, Surrealism USA, traces the history of this movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s by examining its manifestations throughout the country--from Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dal' on American art, the Surrealists' response to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism and abstract art. With over 100 ... |
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André Breton: Surrealism and Painting»rank: 222725by: Andre Breton, Alain Masson, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanguy, Francis Picabia, Max Ernst, André Breton
: :Originally published in 1928 and augmented throughout the author's life, Surrealism and Painting is the single most important statement ever written on Surrealist art. While many pages have been devoted to visual Surrealism, this is the only book on the suject by the movement's founder and prime theorist. It contains Andra Breton's seminal treatise on the origins and foundations of artistic Surrealism, with his trenchant assessments of its precursors and practitioners, and his call for the plastic arts to 'refer to a purely internal model.' Also included are essays--many of them classics in their own right--on Picasso, Duchamp, Kahlo, Dal', ... |
Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine (Oxford Handbooks)»rank: 871360by: Edzard Ernst, Max H Pittler, Barbara Wider, Kate Boddy
: :The Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine presents evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an easily accessible form, thereby enabling hospital doctors, GPs, nurses, medical students and other healthcare professionals to competently advise patients about CAM treatments. The book covers such things as definitions, cost, safety, regulation, legal and ethical issues and a range of practical issues, diagnostic techniques, and risk-benefit assessments of complementary therapies and medicines. The main part of the book is organised by condition, outlining for each the CAM treatments available, ranked according to level of evidence of effectiveness, followed by a concise clinical bottom ... |
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A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil»rank: 1065346by: Max Ernst
: :The Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine presents evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an easily accessible form, thereby enabling hospital doctors, GPs, nurses, medical students and other healthcare professionals to competently advise patients about CAM treatments. The book covers such things as definitions, cost, safety, regulation, legal and ethical issues and a range of practical issues, diagnostic techniques, and risk-benefit assessments of complementary therapies and medicines. The main part of the book is organised by condition, outlining for each the CAM treatments available, ranked according to level of evidence of effectiveness, followed by a concise clinical bottom ... |
Julien Levy: Memoir Of An Art Gallery (Artworks)»rank: 201683by: Julien Levy, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst
: :Julien Levy opened his New York gallery in 1931, and the following year assembled the first Surrealist show ever held in that city. Over the next two decades he exhibited works by Dal', Ernst, Joseph Cornell, Calder, Eugene Berman, Tchelitchew, Giacometti, Arshile Gorky and many other luminaries of 20th-century art, giving a number of them their first shows. But Levy was more than a gifted dealer: he also had a gift for friendship, and in this charming, anecdotal memoir he recounts his intimate dealings with some of the most innovative figures of his generation. He crossed the Atlantic with Duchamp ... |
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Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism (Art & Design)»rank: 1674179by: William A. Camfield, Max Ernst, Werner Spies, Walter Hopps, Tex.) Menil Collection (Houston, N. Y.) Museum of Modern Art (New York
: :Julien Levy opened his New York gallery in 1931, and the following year assembled the first Surrealist show ever held in that city. Over the next two decades he exhibited works by Dal', Ernst, Joseph Cornell, Calder, Eugene Berman, Tchelitchew, Giacometti, Arshile Gorky and many other luminaries of 20th-century art, giving a number of them their first shows. But Levy was more than a gifted dealer: he also had a gift for friendship, and in this charming, anecdotal memoir he recounts his intimate dealings with some of the most innovative figures of his generation. He crossed the Atlantic with Duchamp ... |
Benzin:Young Swiss Graphic Design [Lars Muller Publishers]»rank: 2119081by: Max Bruinsma, Meret Ernst, Raphael Urweider, Ruedi Widmer
:Book Description:Michel Fries and Thomas Bruggisser voyage through Switzerland in search of a new generation of young Swiss graphic designers. What they find is a Swiss design scene as 'hip' as anything in London or Berlin. Influenced by the famous 'Swiss School' of the 1950s and 60s, young Swiss designers today still hold concept and structure as functional beliefs, allowing artistic freedom in counterbalance to the service aspects of design. Beautifully designed by the editors, Benzin is itself a statement on these theoretical questions. It includes detailed portrayals of twelve selected studios and images from 36 other designers making it a ... |