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Waldburg, Patrick. Surrealism. New York: Thames and Hudson Inc. 1997. Print Waldberg breaks down in his book where surrealism emerged from and who were the great artists of the movement. in his book he discusses the most famous book of the era. the book includes a copy of the surrealist manifesto which is key to understanding the movement. it also has brief bios of artists and a timelime on the history of the movement in the back of the book. i believe this is a good source because the author was a member of the movement himself and was said to be good friends with some of its most influential artists.

Elmaleh, Eliane. "American Pop Art and Political Engagement in the 1960's." European Journal of American Culture 22. (2003): 181-191. EBSCO. Web. 10 Nov. 2008. This article describes the Pop Art movement in America. Pop art in the United States is an artistic movement closely associated with the 1960's. Pop Art, to most Americans, is an artistic movement that is closely related to their own culture. This article looks into Pop Art's role in the American Culture.

"POSTIMPRESSIONISM." (n.d.): Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This source is able to provide a historical background of the postimpressionist artistic movement. The encyclopedia is a great place to start when trying to gain more knowledge about anything. The description they give about postimpressionism is both helpful and informative. This artistic style was used by Van Gogh. The movement took place during the last two decades of the 19th century.

Cowling, Elizabeth. "`PROUDLY WE CLAIM HIM AS ONE OF US': BRETON, PICASSO, AND THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT." Art History 8.1 (1985): 82-104. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article talks about Berton's Manifesto and how he tried to improve and expand the movement. One way he tried to do this was by claiming Pablo Picasso as a Surrealist painter. The writing is very detailed and descriptive about the two artists and their ties with Surrealism. It is a long article but it provides quality information. This is a good article because it addresses the parameters of the Surrealist Movement.

Clifford,James. "On Ethnographic Surrealism". 1981. JSTORE Internet Database, Web. 16 Nov. 2010. James Clifford runs down the history of surrealism in thos article. he gives descriptions on the influences of the artistic movement as well as the history that is taking place around it.he discusses where the movement is taking place between the wars. he also talks about some of the most influental artists of the period. Overall i would say that this is a very scholarly article that provides alot of background information that would be beneficial to writing a paper on the topic.

Taylor, Joshua C. Futurism. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Questia:Trusted Online Research. Cengage Learning, 2010. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. This book is about the art movement of Futurism and the background information of how it came to be. The book tells us about the goals Futurism wished to accomplish. It wanted to create new risky advancement in the art world and did just that. The major part of the book is its accomplishments through various artists. It takes a look at some of those major contributing artists of Futurism such as Umberto Boccioni. It analyses the Manifestos with and how it was the catalyst to the whole movement. This contains a good amount of valuable information that can be very helpful.

Montagu, Jemima. The Surrealists: Revolutionaries in Art & Writing 1919-35. London: Tate Publishing, 2002. Print. The developments of surrealism can be seen in Montagu's book. She goes through the age of surrealism and identifies all of the changes in the movement. She also lists the artists that helped influence the changes in the movement. the book goes through the year chronologically so it is easy to put in perspective. This is a good source because the author puts specific dates on the changes in Surrealist art.

"Surrealism and Surrealist Artists." All Buy Art. All Buy Art, 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2010 This article is based on the history and background of modern/contemporary art and how surrealism began. Surrealism is one of the main modern art movements in the twentieth century. Expressionism, Futurism, Impressionism, minimalist, Op Art, Post impressionism, Fauvism, and other Abstract art movements have all been a part of shaping Surrealism. It is the combination of all art movements and theories that influences art today. Surrealism is known to clarify images of life as the artist sees it. It does not limit or restrict any immoral interpretations of life, but rather expresses it in an open-minded way. Surrealism expresses all irrational thoughts and makes the art lively and thrilling. It tends to raise disordered thoughts or questions, but it is meant to express fantasies, mysteries, and illusions as a temporary reality.

Bell, Michael S. "Surrealism: An Alternative Approach: Veristic Attitudes in the Work and Writings of Contemporary Surrealists." Leonardo 17. 4 (1984): 247-252. The MIT Press. Web. 8 Nov. 2010 This article talks about how automatism (a form of ideas/conceptions) has been the main focus of surrealism and all the people in history involved with it since the 1940s. Many artists have chosen to stick to the latest and most common trends and end up writing their own philosophical views for others to focus on while observing the artistic movement. The words of surrealist artists can prove their true appreciation of their own work, but can be misunderstood with writings and literature pertaining to the artists'' work. It has been understood that surrealist work has been divided into three divisions: automatists, families of artistic content, and the fact that little research has been done to provide new facts about Surrealism. A new form of surrealist art that is discussed in this article is called veristic. Veristic is a form of representational art pertaining to images "beyond illusion." Miran Ahn has studied the dream-conception of Surrealism. She relates the unrealistic images of surreal art to contemporary paintings. She believes that some think surrealism is not worthy as a movement in art because of its imaginary images. Ahn believes that traditional contemporary art can be damaging to surrealism because it is seen as a insensible cliché.

"Vincent Van Gogh." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010): 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article is a nice overview of Van Gogh's life. It talks about how his tragic life lead to very successful pieces of art. His personality and health problems made it hard for him to really be a part of society. After he figured out preaching was not the right profession, he turned to painting. Van Gogh had a strong passion for painting although he was barely recognized in his lifetime for his beautiful art work. His closest friend in life was his brother, Theo. He wrote Theo quite frequently dealing with his aspirations and conflicts. In the end Theo got married and Van Gogh committed suicide.

"Vincent Van Gogh." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010): 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This encyclopedia source is able to provide much needed information on the background of Van Gogh. It gives great detail on the life of Van Gogh. The source also provides past artistic works of his. When writing this paper on Van Gogh and the postimpressionism era I will need to know about Van Gogh and his life. Also his relation to the artistic movement.

www.impressionism.info. Impressionism, 2005. Web. 7 Nov. 2010. This site talks about the basics of Impressionist art and the movement. It tells you the origin of where the name impreesionism came from and all about the subjects the artists paints about and the techniques they use. In addition, the site lists "the masters" of the art movement and the numerous paintings they painted. Lastly, it gives a list of a few books about the art movement and of the artists.

Payton, Rodney J. "The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics" The Musical Quarterly 62.1 (1976):5-8. JSTOR. Web.17 Nov. 2010. Since the beginning of the Futurist art Movement it has influenced and amazed the public. It wasn't until more recently that this effect has made itself present in America. This article focuses on a couple musicians Balilla Pratella and Luigi Russolo. It shows how these two artists worked to spread the movement.

This review highlights the "high pitch" of the Surrealist movement in the 1930s and the 1940s. It incorporates multiple Surrealist artists, especially Salvador Dali. The author talks about the Surrealist exhibitions and their unique value that were considered to be "ideological spaces." It states that Dali was well-known artist, but eventually he became obsessed with commercialism. At this time period, society was based on consumerism and media advertisement that Dali got caught up in leading to his downfall.

scholarly. where is your MLA citation?

"Introduction to the Artistic Style of Surrealism." ArtHistory.net. Web 9 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how Surrealism has progressed and captured Modern imagination and Art. Surrealism started from the work and culture of Salvador Dali. Other surrealists, such as Andre Breton, wanted to explore further through literature, poetry, and the human mind. Breton described wrote a novel and described Surrealism as "those two seemingly contradictory states, dream and reality, into a sort of absolute reality, of surreality." One of the main reason why Surrealism grew and has effected contemporary art is because it has captured attention in numerous countries such as Europe, the United States, South America, and Mexico. It brought a sense of excitement for artists because it broadened the typical view of life as we know it. It allowed artists to create works in which they only dreamed about. Another surrealist artist, Kahlo, was very passionate about her work. An example of her work was an image of herself in a hospital bed as a victim with glaring objects hovering over her. She wanted to show viewers the sad nature of hopelessness. Kahlo was a large influence for the Surrealist movement.

Rattray, Jacqueline. "Analyzing Surrealist Madness Through the Poetry of Salvador Dalí." Comparative Critical Studies 5.2 (2008), 207-220. This article describes the madness that Salvador Dali possessed and how it effected the Surrealist art movement. This madness was introduced through his art, especially poetry. It describes the term of "paranoiac-critical method" and it's role in Dali's art.

scholarly. Vary your intro sentences more. There is a lot of "This article...", "This review..."

Mason, Brook S. "Dazzling DECO." Art & Antiques 27.3 (2004): 108-115. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article includes a brie history includint where Art Deco got its name, some founding designers and the previous artistic movements that founded Art Deco. There is a focus on the cost of an original Art Deco piece today- it could be anywhere up to 3 million dollars. The prices are so high due to the unique materials the art was made out of. The article mentions specific examples of major Art Deco art including the Chrysler Building. There is also mention of how Art Deco is in effect today as well as examplesof current designers.

Meisler, Stanley. "Art Deco: High Style." Smithsonian 35.8 (2004): 56-61. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article gives a great overview of Art Deco by including examples and history. This article explains the characteristics of Art Deco as well as briefly describes the movement leading up to it. There are several Art Deco artists named with a short description o their work. This article is a great place to start Art Deco research because it has a large amount of basic information and is therefore a great jumping off point.\n\n

Martínez-Herrera, Ma José, Antonio G. Alcántara, and Lorena García-Fernández. "Dalí (1904-1989): Psychoanalysis and Pictorial Surrealism." American Journal of Psychiatry 160.5 (2003): 855. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article admires Salvador Dali as an artist and his own stand and outlook on the artistic movement of Surrealism. His art was a great contribution to this movement as a whole. Not only is there an admiration for his artwork, but also his ambition.

Shanes, Eric. "The Pop Art Tradition: Responding to Mass Culture." Parkstone Press International (2006): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Shanes traces the roots of popular mass culture in the late 18th century when the industrial and political revolutions industrialized the Western World. Pop Art is said to have originated from Surrealism in Britain when Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, and Richard Hamilton began exploring comic books, advertising, and folk culture. Artist, Claes Oldenberg, began works of art that connected to "store exhibitions," which filled galleries with common American objects. This emphasized and worshiped consumer goods.