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Dyer, Jennifer.  "The Metaphysics of the Mundane: Understanding Andy Warhol's Serial Imagery".  Artibus et Historiae, vol. 25, No. 49 (2004): 33-47. Print.

Matthews, J. H. "Fifty Years Later: The Manifesto of Surrealism." Twentieth Century Literature 21.1 (1975): 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Matthews gives a detailed description of the Surrealist Manifesto by Andre Breton. The author goes over the book and what breton was trying to say. You need to understand the Manifesto in order to understand the surrealist movement. This is a very detailed document in which the context of the manifesto is explained. This is a quality source because it contains alot of necessary details in order to understand Surrealism.

Batchelor, David, Briony Fer, Paul Wood. Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Print The authors of this book breakdown the main art forms that breakout during decades of war in the 1930s and 1940s. Among these they discuss Surrealism and how it came to be. They talk about how it changed during the period of intense fighting and death. A lot of detail is put into the authors descriptions. This is a good source because it specifiys events that changed the movement and how they impacted it.

The book on surrealism shows an organized look at some of the most popular paintings from the period. these are made easy to understand by the author who provides background infomation on each painting. these paintings are also presented in alphebitical order and occur in a timeline so you can see when they were painted. there is a breif introduction on the history of the movement in the beginning of the book. i think this is a good source because it describes what the symbolism of these famous paintings mean.

Punte, Maria. "Andy Warhol Genius, eccentricities just 'pop.'" USA Today. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. A brief summary of his artwork, such as the soup can and how Andy Warhol's life played into his art work. Andy Warhol was a weird, brilliant man. He was a hoarder, and this article briefly describes how this may have reflected in his work. Warhol had a messy life, and Tony Sherman and David Dalton tried to sort it out. Warhol was practically afraid of everything, Punte states. Warhol was insecure about his homosexual self, and even more about his artwork.

Walker, John. "Warhol-Human or Anti-Human?" Tate Publishing (2008): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Does Andy Warhol deserve so much attention for what he has accomplished? Walker believes that, yes, he does. This stands to be correct because Andy Warhol appeared in so many different forms of media and appealed to all of his audiences. This article helps prove the underlying feelings behind Andy Warhol's art. This article describes how Warhol appealed to his audience.

Loss, Archie. "Vile Bodies, Vorticism and Italian futurism." Journal of Modern Literature 18.1 (1992): 155. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.\n\n

Lacayo, Richard. "DALI GOES TO REHAB." Time 165.8 (2005): 59-60. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article focuses on the artwork of Salvador Dali and how it changed overtime. This change was described as a decline on the quality and focus of his work. Also, It showed his impact of the interpretations of Dali's work in relation to postmodernism.

may not be a scholarly source..

Meisler, Stanley. "THE SURREAL WORLD OF SALVADOR DALÍ." Smithsonian 36.1 (2005): 72-80. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article examines Dali's life through his childhood and his love of art throughout his life. It describes Salvador as a person and his artwork. His artwork is mentioned and seen in different exhibitions where it is analyzed by others.

Stolz, George. "THE GREAT LATE Salvador Dalí." ARTnews 104.2 (2005): 120-125. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This shows Dali's unique approach to art. It shows the world's interest in the Dali's different outlook on the Surrealist movement. It also explains his works and his influence on the development of Pop art in the 1960s.

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..."

Riley II, Charles A. "Brush with Destiny Vincent van Gogh." WE Magazine 3.1 (1999): 108. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article is able to pay tribute to painter Vincent Van Gogh's life. It explains his death and how it happened. The article also covers his paintings and how he rose to fame. One of his most famous exhibitions titled `Van Goghs'; Contemplation on Van Gogh's disability; Family and career background, was a great spring board. Overall Van Gogh's life was very interesting and this article provides a lot of information on all of it.

Mundy, Jennifer. "SURREALISM AND PAINTING: DESCRIBING THE IMAGINARY." Art History 10.4 (1987): 492. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Mundy describes some popular features of surrealist painting. She talks in detail about how the painters of the period were influnced and how the painted their works. Breton's manifesto is also described in her writing. The article is long, detailed, and descriptive. It is a good source to use because it discusses what it means to be surreal in surrealist wirting and paintings.