{"product_id":"prehistoric-future-ralph-ubl-9780226823720","title":"Prehistoric Future: Max Ernst and the Return of Painting Between the Wars","description":"One of the most admired artists of the twentieth century, Max Ernst was a proponent of Dada and founder of surrealism, known for his strange, evocative paintings and drawings. In \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Future\u003c\/i\u003e, Ralph Ubl approaches Ernst like no one else has, using theories of the unconscious--surrealist automatism, Freudian psychoanalysis, the concept of history as trauma--to examine how Ernst's construction of collage departs from other modern artists. Ubl shows that while Picasso, Braque, and Man Ray used scissors and glue to create collages, Ernst employed techniques he himself had forged--rubbing and scraping to bring images forth onto a sheet of paper or canvas to simulate how a screen image or memory comes into the mind's view. In addition, Ernst scoured the past for obsolete scientific illustrations and odd advertisements to illustrate the rapidity with which time passes and to simulate the apprehension generated when rapid flows of knowledge turn living culture into artifact. Ultimately, Ubl reveals, Ernst was interested in the construction and phenomenology of both collective and individual modern history and memory. Shedding new light on Ernst's working methods and the reasons that his pieces continue to imprint themselves in viewers' memories, \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Future\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative work of critical writing on a key figure of surrealism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Ubl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226823725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226823720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014","brand":"Ralph Ubl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075975344383,"sku":"9780226823720","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d09e1be-be66-4ba1-99a7-8c6539fea0bb.jpg?v=1685462489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prehistoric-future-ralph-ubl-9780226823720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}