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A Book of Surrealist Games : Including the Little Surrealist Dictionary by and edited by Alastair Brotchie is a art available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>This delightful collection allows everyone to enjoy firsthand the provocative methods used by the artists and poets of the Surrealist school to break through conventional thought and behavior to a deeper truth. Invented and played by such artists as André Breton, Rene Magritte, and Max Ernst, these gems still produce results ranging from the hilarious to the mysterious and profound.</p> <p>This delightful book opens up for everyone the unorthodox creative methods of the Surrealist school of artists and poets that flourished in Europe in the early 1900s. Outrageous language games, alternative card games, "Dream Lotto, " and automatic techniques for making poems, stories, collages, and photomontages are accompanied by the art of Max Ernst, Hans Arp, and Tristan Tzara. </p>

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Author
and edited by Alastair Brotchie
Publisher
Boston: Shambhala Redstone Editions: Distributed in the United States by Random House
Published
1995
Language
EN
ISBN
9781570620843
Category
art
Subjects
History, Fiction, Philosophy
Rating
4.08 / 5 (406 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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