Photomontage
3rd Edition
Published on 16. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-500-20467-2 (ISBN)
Description
Manipulation of the photograph is as old as photography itself. It has embodied and enlivened political propaganda, satire, publicity and commercial art, and created evocations of the 'brave new world' of the future through surreal and fantastic visions. Photomontages were made by, among others, the Dadaists, John Heartfield, El Lissitzky, Hannah Hoch and Alexander Rodchenko, and many of their works were reproduced for the first time in print when this groundbreaking study was originally published.
Revered by academics, critics and readers alike, this new edition with updates is still the only definitive guide to the subject.
With 225 illustrations in colour
Revered by academics, critics and readers alike, this new edition with updates is still the only definitive guide to the subject.
With 225 illustrations in colour
Reviews / Votes
'A valuable service to art and artistic theory, and to history and social studies as well' - The Times Literary Supplement 'An excellent run-down of this most opportunist of twentieth-century art forms' - Observer 'Beautifully lucid and precise ... packed with information and insight' - Time Out 'An interesting look at an unusual topic' - Amateur PhotographerMore details
Series
Edition
Third edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
225 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
478 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-20467-2 (9780500204672)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dawn Ades is Professor Emerita of the History and Theory of Art at the University of Essex. She has written extensively on Dada, Surrealism, photography and women artists, among other things. Publications include Dada and Surrealism Reviewed (1978), Photomontage (1976), Dali (1995), Writings on Art and Anti-Art (2015) and Marcel Duchamp (with Neil Cox and David Hopkins, 2021). Among the exhibitions she has organised or co-organised are 'Art in Latin America' (1989); 'Fetishism: Visualising Power and Desire' (1995); 'Salvador Dali: The Centenary Retrospective' (2004); 'Undercover Surrealism' (2006); and 'Dali/Duchamp' (2017-18).