Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100

A lively history of Surrealism, from its beginnings in Paris to its expansion into an international artistic movement

Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 celebrates the centennial of André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), which launched one of the essential currents of twentieth—century thought and culture. Matthew Affron investigates how artists made good on Surrealism’s promise of a revolution in consciousness by means of the unbridled imagination. This book highlights the key motivatio...