Photomontage

by Dawn Ades

Overview

A fully updated new edition of this classic in-depth study of the pioneering art form of photomontage by renowned art historian Dawn Ades.

Manipulation of the photograph is as old as photography itself. It has embodied and enlivened political propaganda, satire, and commercial art and helped visualize the “brave new world” of the future through surreal and fantastic images. Photomontage has been embraced by artists from the late nineteenth century to today, including the Dadaists, John Heartfield, El Lissitzky, Hannah Höch, and Alexander Rodchenko. In this updated classic, art historian Dawn Ades addresses the aesthetic, social, and historical implications of the varied manifestations and uses of manipulated photographs.

Revered by artists, critics, and readers alike, this new edition is brought up-to-date to reflect technological developments and changes in visual culture, discussing the work of contemporary artists Kathy Bruce, Linder, Cold War Steve, and others. Photomontage also includes refreshed image reproductions as well as new full-color illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500204672
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Series:	World of Art
Edition description:	Second
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dawn Ades is a professor emerita of the history and theory of art at the University of Essex. She has written extensively on Dada, Surrealism, photography, and women artists, among other topics. Her many books also include Dalí and, with Neil Cox and David Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, both in the World of Art series.

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Introduction 10

Chapter 1 The Supremacy of the Message

Dada in Berlin 24

John Heartfield 48

Propaganda, Publicity and Constructivism 76

Chapter 2 Metropolis: The Vision of the Future 122

Chapter 3 The Marvellous and the Commonplace 135

Chapter 4 Photomontage and Non-Objective Art 194

Endnote 210

Notes 216

List of Illustrations 218

Selected Bibliography 225

Index 227