{"product_id":"realism-rationalism-surrealism-art-between-the-wars-modern-art-practices-and-debates-9780300055191","title":"Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars (Modern Art Practices and Debates)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRealism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars (Modern Art Practices and Debates)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Fer, Briony. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780300055191.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book begins by considering responses by French artists to the First World War, showing how Purism, Dada, and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The authors then discuss the language of construction in places as dissimilar as France, Germany, and the Soviet Union; the contrasting demands of the utility and decoration of objects and paintings; and the relationship of surrealism to questions of sexuality and gender and to Freudian theory. The book concludes by addressing the widespread debate over realism in art: whether it represents an alternative to the elitism of the avant-garde or whether avant-garde art should play a role in the development of a modern realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253735055413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300055196","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300055191_04a58cd8-1843-4dbe-8bab-23c110c2ebb4.jpg?v=1779947115","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/realism-rationalism-surrealism-art-between-the-wars-modern-art-practices-and-debates-9780300055191","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}