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has ever been published. The book, like its predecessors, has been described as projecting "recurrent themes of sexuality, anti-clericalism and violence, by dislocating the visual significance of the source material to suggest what has been repressed." An analysis of
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novels, encyclopedias, and other books. Ernst arranged the images to present a dark, surreal world. Most of the seven sections have a distinct theme that unites the images within. In
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was completed in 1933 in just three weeks, during a visit to Italy. A few of Ernst's sources were identified: these include illustrations from an 1883 novel by
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1644:Photocomics
1405:Arte Povera
331:(1929) and
321:Paul Eluard
309:Répétitions
221:Illustrator
1609:1934 books
1603:Categories
1539:Grapefruit
1485:A Humument
1359:Surrealism
376:Kunsthalle
343:Jules Mary
251:Surrealist
247:Discipline
185:Book Three
77:newspapers
1532:Water Yam
1364:Modernism
1316:BÏF§ZF+18
1282:Vorticism
1052:Gods' Man
1043:Lynd Ward
915:(partner)
776:(1919-20)
749:Paintings
742:Max Ernst
702:Max Ernst
573:Wednesday
546:Victorian
394:Structure
297:Victorian
289:Max Ernst
257:Published
224:Max Ernst
215:Max Ernst
203:Book Five
194:Book Four
1546:Fluxus 1
1451:Dimanche
1430:Mémoires
1391:Lettrism
1278:Futurism
1032:The City
1018:The Idea
884:Grattage
879:Frottage
829:The Wood
618:(1950).
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580:Thursday
515:Thursday
419:Element
405:epigraph
335:(1930).
239:Language
176:Book Two
167:Book One
1619:Collage
1462:Pop Art
1105:Destiny
1087:Vertigo
1011:The Sun
906:Related
590:heads.
569:Tuesday
560:heads.
525:Content
303:History
229:Country
91:scholar
1496:Fluxus
1260:Klänge
1213:Cubism
1097:Others
898:(1934)
889:Loplop
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592:Friday
565:Monday
550:Sunday
519:Friday
413:Volume
382:MAPFRE
242:French
233:France
211:Author
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1309:BLAST
622:Notes
355:Milan
327:were
317:Paris
98:JSTOR
84:books
1649:Dada
1498:and
1403:and
1380:Jazz
1362:and
1286:Dada
1284:and
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588:Moai
558:lion
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260:1934
70:news
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