Focusing on the lives and contributions of 101 pivotal Surrealists, this work by Desmond Morris offers a unique perspective from one of the last surviving members of the movement. With personal insights and anecdotes about several key figures, the book serves as both a historical account and a celebration of the Surrealist movement, highlighting its impact on art and culture. Morris's firsthand knowledge enriches the narrative, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the intricacies of Surrealism.
Ta bogato ilustrowana książka autorstwa Desmonda Morrisa jest pionierską i
ożywczą analizą znaczenia mowy ciała w rozumieniu sztuki. Za każdym razem, gdy
artysta portretuje człowieka, musi podjąć decyzję o postawie postaci. Czy będą
stać, siedzieć czy leżeć? Uśmiechać się, krzyczeć czy płakać? Chociaż często
przeoczane, ignorowane albo niedocenione, Morris dowodzi, że pozy i gesty
odzwierciedlają obyczaje danego okresu historycznego, zwyczaje określonej
kultury lub modę w stylach artystycznych. Badając je z mistrzowskim wyczuciem,
Morris, znany artysta i antropolog, dokonuje fascynujących spostrzeżeń na
temat zmieniających się postaw i społecznych konwencji na przestrzeni wieków,
znajdując zarówno zaskakujące podobieństwa, jak i znaczące różnice. Szeroki
wybór gestów dokonany przez Morrisa – od uścisku dłoni po rzucenie rękawicy –
jest analizowany w kontekście kulturowych form komunikacji: pozdrowienia,
groźby, obelgi i innych. Wszystkie omówienia ilustrowane są kolorowymi
dziełami, od prehistorycznych masek i greckich posągów po współczesne obrazy i
rzeźby. Mowa ciała w niepowtarzalny sposób łączy erudycję autora z dziedzin
artystycznych i nauk społecznych, przez co rzuca zupełnie nowe światło na
nawet najbardziej znane obrazy.
Desmond may have given me an insight into human behaviour, but he's given me lots of laughs, too. We think the same things are funny, and he's a brilliant raconteur. --Sir David Attenborough This is a book about the joys of watching the world. It is autobiographical, but it is not about me; it is about what I have observed. There is no agonised soul-searching, no sneaky kiss-and-tell, no pretentious journey to find the 'real me'. I am not interested in myself. But I am fascinated by the world around me and what I have been able to see and record over a period of six decades of professional observation, first as a student of animal behaviour, and then as a student of human behaviour. Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. An accomplished artist, TV presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.
The lives, loves, and works of key British Surrealists revealed by one of the last surviving members of this movement, best-selling author and artist Desmond Morris. Honored for their idiosyncratic and imaginative works, the surrealists marked a pivotal moment in the history of modern art in Britain— pioneering the Surrealist movement between World War I and II. Many artists banded together to form the British Surrealist Group, while others carved their own, independent paths. Here, best-selling author and surrealist artist Desmond Morris—one of the last surviving members of this important art movement—draws on his personal memories and experiences to present the intriguing life stories, complex love lives, and groundbreaking works of this wild and curious set of artists. From the rebelliousness of Leonora Carrington to the beguiling Eileen Agar and the “brilliant” Ceri Richards, Morris brings his subjects’ triumphs as well as their shortcomings to the fore. Laced with his inimitable wit, and profusely illustrated by images of the artists and their artworks, Morris’s vivid account reflects the movement’s strange, rebellious, and imaginative nature. Featuring thirty- four surrealists—some famous, some now largely forgotten—Morris’s intimate book takes us back in time to a generation that allowed its creative unconscious to drive their passions in both art and life.
This copiously illustrated book, by the ever-provocative Desmond Morris, is a
pioneering and lively exploration of the importance of body language in how we
understand art.
From ancient Babylon to Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat and the
grandiloquent, absent-minded Wol from Winnie-the-Pooh to David Lynch's Twin
Peaks, owls have woven themselves into the fabric of human culture from
earliest times. Beautiful, silent, pitiless predators of the night, possessing
contradictory qualities of good and evil, they are enigmatic creatures that
dwell throughout the world yet barely make their presence known. In this
classic Reaktion title, now available in paperback, bestselling author and
broadcaster Desmond Morris explores the natural and cultural history of one of
nature's most popular creatures. He describes the evolution, the many species
and the wide spread of owls around the world, as well as their appearance in
folk tales, myths and legends, art, film, literature and popular culture.
Originally published in 2009, this new format edition features many telling
illustrations from nature and culture and will appeal to the many devotees of
this emblematic bird.
A lively history of the Surrealists, both known and unknown, by one of the last surviving members of the movement—artist and bestselling author Desmond Morris. Surrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment that gave rise to the World War I. In The Lives of the Surrealists, surrealist artist and celebrated writer Desmond Morris concentrates on the artists as people—as remarkable individuals. What were their personalities, their predilections, their character strengths and flaws? Unlike the impressionists or the cubists, the surrealists did not obey a fixed visual code, but rather the rules of surrealist philosophy: work from the unconscious, letting your darkest, most irrational thoughts well up and shape your art. An artist himself, and contemporary of the later surrealists, Morris illuminates the considerable variation in each artist’s approach to this technique. While some were out-and-out surrealists in all they did, others lived more orthodox lives and only became surrealists at the easel or in the studio. Focusing on the thirty-two artists most closely associated with the surrealist movement, Morris lends context to their life histories with narratives of their idiosyncrasies and their often complex love lives, alongside photos of the artists and their work.
Die Regierung der Vereinigen Staaten kauft den Indianern das Reservat Oklahoma ab und gibt es zur Besiedlung frei. Lucky Luke soll dafür sorgen, dass es bei der Landnahme nicht zum Betrug kommt. Nach einem anfänglichen Boom erweist sich Oklahoma aber als ungeeignet und wird am Ende im Tausch gegen eine Kette den Indianern zurückgegeben, die "wenig später unerschöpflich reiche Erdölfunde in Oklahoma machten". Dieser Titel wird im sog. Fixed-Layout-Format angeboten und ist daher nur auf Geräten und Leseprogrammen nutzbar, die die Darstellung von Fixed-Layout-eBooks im epub- oder mobi/KF8-Format unterstützen. Wir empfehlen in jedem Fall die Darstellung auf Tablets und anderen Geräten mit Farbbildschirm
Sovy nejsou takové, jaké se zdají. Proplétají se lidskou kulturou, od
starodávného Babylonu přes Sovu a kočku Edwarda Leara, nabubřelou roztržitou
Sovu z Medvídka Pú až po Hedviku z Harryho Pottera. Povahu těchto nádherných,
tichých a nemilosrdných predátorů vnímáme jako protiklad mezi dobrem a zlem.
Jsou to enigmatická stvoření, jejichž přítomnost stěží zaznamenáme. Desmond
Morris v této fascinující knize objevuje přírodní a kulturní dějiny sov z
celého světa, neboť s výjimkou Antarktidy se tito ptáci nachází na všech
kontinentech. Popisuje, jak se sovy vyvinuly do mnoha druhů, od drobného 14
centimetrového kulíška trpasličího až po výra velkého, který měří více než 70
centimetrů. Právě proto, že jsou celosvětově hojně rozšířené, objevují se v
pověstech, mýtech a legendách mnoha původních a domorodých obyvatel. Morris
tyto příběhy vysvětluje a interpretuje, ale také se zabývá příklady sov v
umění, f ilmu a v literatuře. Autor ve svém poutavém vyprávění dokazuje, že
sovy jsou v naší kultuře stále přítomny. Desmond Morris je uznávaný autor a
moderátor žijící v Oxfordu, jehož dílo zahrnuje tituly: Nahá opice, Lidská zoo
a Lidský živočich. Kniha obsahuje 123 obrázků, z nichž 91 je barevných.
