Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Surrealism was one of the most interesting and influential at movements of the 20th century. A collective adventure begun by a small group of intellectuals in Paris in the early 1920s, amongst them Max Ernst, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali, its influence was felt through the rest of continental Europe and in Britain, the Americas, Mexico and Japan.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 The development of surrealism
• 2 The art and techniques
• 3 Women and surrealism
• 4 Surrealism in film, theatre, and literature
• 5 The legacy of surrealism