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New in paperback, Whitney Chadwick's groundbreaking study of women in the Surrealist movement.

Trade Review
'Presents a wealth of imagery and information about artists who commanded respect from their male contemporaries…as such it will be of great value both in reassessing the history of Surrealism and in illuminating the persistent marginalization of women’s art' - The Oxford Art Journal
'Professor Chadwick’s book has been centrally important and has initiated a vital re-centring of the whole Surrealist enterprise' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'Admirable' - Burlington Magazine
'A classic' - ArtNews

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Search for a Muse
2. The Muse as Artist
3. Revolution and Sexuality
4. The Female Earth: Nature and the Imagination
5. Women Artists and the Hermetic Tradition
6. Cycles of Narrative Fantasy
Notes

Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement

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    A Paperback / softback by Whitney Chadwick, Dawn Ades

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9780500296165, 978-0500296165
      ISBN10: 0500296162
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      New in paperback, Whitney Chadwick's groundbreaking study of women in the Surrealist movement.

      Trade Review
      'Presents a wealth of imagery and information about artists who commanded respect from their male contemporaries…as such it will be of great value both in reassessing the history of Surrealism and in illuminating the persistent marginalization of women’s art' - The Oxford Art Journal
      'Professor Chadwick’s book has been centrally important and has initiated a vital re-centring of the whole Surrealist enterprise' - Times Higher Education Supplement
      'Admirable' - Burlington Magazine
      'A classic' - ArtNews

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      1. Search for a Muse
      2. The Muse as Artist
      3. Revolution and Sexuality
      4. The Female Earth: Nature and the Imagination
      5. Women Artists and the Hermetic Tradition
      6. Cycles of Narrative Fantasy
      Notes

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