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# Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic and thought provoking
*by E***S on March 24, 2025*

One of the better of the series. The author's perspective is clearly stated and the thesis is followed throughout the work. A wonderful summation of 2 important artistic movements which reach far beyond their short popularity.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great historical art period
*by R***X on February 1, 2014*

This is a 5 star for a great explanation and history of this artistic period. One of the few movements that encompassed art, music, literature and politics. A dramatic historical time period pre and post WW1 where the innocence of the world was revealed. Now if your not an art history person this may not make you become one, but if you are, it's a great read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Very Good, Well Balanced Overview
*by R***Z on September 5, 2005*

As a person with an enduring fascination and respect for the early Dadaists I found this introduction offered a very good and (despite the title) in-depth coverage of most aspects of Dada and Surrealism.The theme is comparison and contrast and also the development of thematic elements in both currents: how they rose to, or challenged each other and society. The basic differences in Dada as Anti-Art and Surrealism as Art-for-arts sake is well considered. The latter bourgoeise taste was very much derided by the original Dadas. The political development of both groups is also analysed, their stances on feminism, colonialism and mass movements.The one thing that I found not covered in this book -- and is also not covered in most books on this subject is, how two movements with such anti-establishment themes fared in the sometimes authoritarian societies that spawned them... how for example were the German Dadaist allowed to escape the Freikorps and later the Nazis? What did Franco think of Dali and Picasso? Some French Dada/Surrealists such as Andre Breton were able to escape from Vichy France to America, but what about the others...?In short, although both streams rebelled against the main thoughts that dominated society -- they were almost all consumate individualists -- how were they able to do so? Since most Dadaists survived WWII I must surmise that either Hitler left them alone, or they lowered their profile to such a degree that they become insignificant. But again, since they were at the forefront of criticising the automaton man that society produced in WWI, the question remains, how did they manage to avoid getting it in the neck when the rest of the world was racing headlong into the twin dispairs of Fascism and Communism?

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