Painting the dream : from the biblical dream to surrealism /

Painting the dream : from the biblical dream to surrealism /

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Author / Creator:	Bergez, Daniel, author.
Uniform title:	Peindre le rêve. English
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York ; London : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2018.
Description:	255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Dreams in art. Painting -- Themes, motives. Dreams in art. Painting -- Themes, motives.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11716773

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Other authors / contributors:	Deimling, Kate, translator.
ISBN:	9780789213136 0789213133
Notes:	First published in France in 2017 by Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Organized by period, from the Middle Ages to the present, this engaging book shows how the idea of the dream, and its depictions, have shifted throughout history, from the biblical dream--a communication from God--to the deeply personal dream, the lighthearted fantasy, the nightmare. Sometimes these ideas have existed simultaneously: thus we have, only a few years apart, Raphael's limpid High Renaissance composition of Jacob dreaming his Ladder; Albrecht Dürer's watercolor of a mysterious deluge that he saw in his own slumbers; and Hieronymus Bosch's nightmarish hellscapes. More recently, movements such as Symbolism and Surrealism have taken the dream as a primary source of inspiration, even conflating dreaming and the creative process itself. This rich vein of visionary art runs from Gustave Moreau and Odilon Redon, through De Chirico and Dalí, down to the present--demonstrating, as Bergez reminds us, that Morpheus was a god of form as well as of dreams.

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Summary:	Organized by period, from the Middle Ages to the present, this engaging book shows how the idea of the dream, and its depictions, have shifted throughout history, from the biblical dream--a communication from God--to the deeply personal dream, the lighthearted fantasy, the nightmare.<br> <br> <br> <br> Sometimes these ideas have existed simultaneously: thus we have, only a few years apart, Raphael's limpid High Renaissance composition of Jacob dreaming his Ladder; Albrecht Dürer's watercolor of a mysterious deluge that he saw in his own slumbers; and Hieronymus Bosch's nightmarish hellscapes.<br> <br> <br> <br> More recently, movements such as Symbolism and Surrealism have taken the dream as a primary source of inspiration, even conflating dreaming and the creative process itself. This rich vein of visionary art runs from Gustave Moreau and Odilon Redon, through De Chirico and Dalí, down to the present--demonstrating, as Bergez reminds us, that Morpheus was a god of form as well as of dreams.
Item Description:	First published in France in 2017 by Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod.
Physical Description:	255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780789213136 0789213133