Prehistoric Future: Max Ernst and the Return of Painting Between the Wars

by Ralph Ubl

One of the most admired artists of the twentieth century, Max Ernst was a proponent of Dada and founder of surrealism, known for his strange, evocative paintings and drawings. In Prehistoric Future, Ralph Ubl approaches Ernst like no one else has, using theories of the unconscious--surrealist automatism, Freudian psychoanalysis, the concept of history as trauma--to examine how Ernst's construction of collage departs from other modern artists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226823725
• ISBN13: 9780226823720
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.2"