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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.

Hand, John O. "Futurism in America." Art Journl 41.4 (1981): 337-42. JSTOR. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. This article is about the transition of Futurism from the East to America. The development of Futurism was caused by the influence from the Futurist Manifestos and paintings. F.T. Marinetti's Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism sparked the movement and through the use of variety of magazines and newspapers, it spread quickly. The article includes a summarized interview of Andre Tridon analyzing specific ways in which this movement affected the culture of the early 1900's. Tridon gives specific newspaper articles that are a direct result of the Futurism movement. By 1913 Futurism had made its impact and it seemed that it would not disappear very easily.

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.

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.

Mikić, Vesna. "Musics Futurista - The Art of Noises. Music and Words from the Italian Futurists Movement 1909-1935, Including Original Recordings by Marinetti/Russolo/Pratella (Salon LTMCD 2401, 2006)." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 111-113. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. A review of a C.D. of futurist music which was done in line with the futurist manifesto that was written by Marinetti. Some of the tracks also include pieces of Marinetti's actual speaches which, according to the article, give the C.D. an unarguably Futuristic tone.

Townsend, Christopher. "The Future of Futurism." Art Monthly 329 (2009):5-8. EBSCO. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. The Futurist Manifesto was first published in December of 1908in the magazine Poise. This article was written in celebration of the centennial year. It takes a look at Futurism then and now and its effects on society. One of the main points offered is that Futurism and Modernism are linked. Many little but interesting details about futurism can be found in this article.

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.

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.