Overview

This edited collection examines a long overlooked topic: the relationship of surrealist thought to architectural theory and practice. It offers a model for a new approach to historically rigorous analysis of interdisciplinary artistic practice.

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Author:   Thomas Mical
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780415325202

ISBN 10:   041532520
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   18 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction 2. ""Un Salon au Fond d'un Lac"": The Domestic Spaces of Surrealism 3. Aragon's Armoire 4. ""Home Poor Heart"": The Architecture of Cornell's Desire 5. Matta's Lucid Landscap 6. Menace: Surrealist Interference of Space 7. Daphne's Legacy: Architecture, Psychoanalysis and Petrification in Spyros 8. The Ghost in the Machine 9. ""The Gift of Time"": Le Corbusier Reading Bataille 10. Introjection and Projection: Frederick Kiesler and his Dream-Machine 11. Invernizzi's Exquisite Corpse - The Villa Girasole 12. The Casa Malaparte: A Metaphysical Architecture 13. Modernist Urbanism and its Monsters 14. Surrealism and the Irrational Embellishment of Paris 15. Re-Enchanting the City: The Utopian Practices of the Paris Group of the Jill Fenton Surrealist Movement 16. Landscape Surrealism 17. Surreal City: The Case of Brasília 18. Latencies and Imago: Blanchot and the Shadow City of Surrealism 19. Surrealism's Unexplored Possibilities in Architecture 20. The Most Architectural Thing 21. Acropolis, Now!"

Reviews

'The strengths of this book are in its multiplicity of views ... and as such will be of particular interest to art and architecture history scholars, students and practitioners alike. Its cross-disciplinary nature successfully extends the discussion to other fields.' - Journal of Architectural Education

Author Information

Thomas Mical completed his doctorate on Niezschean thought in De Chirico's metaphysical paintings. He completed his professional architecture degree at Harvard, and he has worked as a designer in Tokyo and Chicago, and does work in architectural theory. He has taught and lectured on surrealism in the US, UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Currently he is the Presidential (Assistant) Professor of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, where his is affiliate faculty in Film Studies, Art History and International Studies.

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