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Final (Monday, 5 May, 12:30-2:30)
According to class lectures and readings:
1. Describe the principal philosophical, theoretical, and
aesthetic dimensions of the surrealist movement.
2. Describe the philosophical and theoretical positions of
Georges Bataille. How did Bataille’s theories differ from those
of André Breton?
Lectures:
Wednesday, April 30: La Révolution Surréaliste
(I): Freud and Surrealism: André Breton, Max Ernst,
Joan Miró: Metaphysical Painting: René Magritte.
Friday, May 2: La Révolution Surréaliste
(II): Georges Bataille and the informe: the surrealist
object: Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dalí, Hans Bellmer,
Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim.
Readings:
1922, Art Since 1900, pp. 180-184
1924, Art Since 1900, pp. 190-195
1927a, Art Since 1900, pp. 212-215
1930b, Art Since 1900, pp. 245-249
1931, Art Since 1900, pp. 250-254
1934b, Art Since 1900, pp. 266-270
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