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David Hopkins analyses a fascinating network of shared themes and images in the work of Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst, two of the central names of modern art. Covering a period of time from 1912 to the mid-1940s, the author shows how their preoccupations intersected with those of Dada and Surrealism, the movements to which they were linked. In a multi-layered argument, rich in original discoveries and insights, the author shows how the artists subverted Catholic doctrine using powerfully bizarre and disturbing visual imagery appropriated from areas as diverse as Symbolist painting and Freudian psychoanalysis. He charts new territory by showing that their parodic flirtation with the imagery of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry amounted to what he calls a 'poetics of separatist male identity' which ironically reinforced dominant modes of male avant garde organization.

subjects: Constitutional law,  Duchamp, Marcel, -- 1887-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation.,  Ernst, Max, -- 1891-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation.,  Droit constitutionnel,  Conferences constitutionnelles,  Staatsrecht,  Gewoonterecht,  Duchamp, marcel, 1887-1968,  Ernst, max, 1891-1976,  United states, economic conditions, 1865-1918,  United states, economic conditions, to 1865,  Social classes, great britain,  Social classes, united states,  Great britain, economic conditions, 19th century,  Great britain, economic conditions, 18th century,  Social classes,  Economic conditions,  History,  Criticism and interpretation,  Modern Arts,  Messes in art,  Social stratification & social classes,  United states history - 20th century - general & miscellaneous,  United states history - 19th century - general & miscellaneous,  United states history - colonial era,  Economic history,  Europe - l,  Constitutional conventions,  Art

Places: Commonwealth countries,  Great Britain