Enchanted Ground: Andre Breton, Modernism and the Surrealist Appraisal of Fin-de-Siecle Painting

Enchanted Ground challenges modernist criticism by Surrealist writers, exploring the history of canonical artists and unpacking Surrealist positions on them, contributing to new strains of scholarship on Surrealism that examine the fascination with magic.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 376 pages
Publication date: 08 April 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Enchanted Ground is a groundbreaking work that challenges modernist criticism by Surrealist writers, including André Breton, Louis Aragon, Pierre Mabille, René Magritte, Charles Estienne, René Huyghe, and others. It explores the history of how artists who came after Impressionism, such as Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, and Vincent van Gogh, became canonical in the 20th century through the broad approaches of modernist or formalist criticism. The book then delves into the Surrealist positions on these artists, providing a comprehensive analysis for the first time in a single volume. By examining the fascination with magic within the Surrealist movement, Enchanted Ground contributes to new strains of scholarship on Surrealism that go beyond the usual bounds of the 1920s and 1930s.

Weight: 704g
Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501375644