Max Ernst (Phaidon Art Ebook) pdf torrent

Phaidon | 1979 | Pdf | Eng | ISBN10 0714819956 | 70 pag | 10.1 MB

Max Ernst was probably the most complex painter associated with the Dada and Surrealist movements. His rejection, early in his career, of 'peinture pure' led him to develop forms of artistic creation 'beyond painting' (as he put it), which were instrumental in defining the scope of Surrealist art, and which established him as a pioneer Surrealist.
Considered the 'complete Surrealist' because of his mastery of the techniques of automatism and of illusionism. Max Ernst must also be regarded as one of the most significant of modern European painters, and the creator of some of the most compelling images of our era.
His lasting achievement has been to enlarge our horizons, both mental and artistic, and to add a moral dimension to the idea of art as exploration