Finished reading/gazing over Max Ernst's 1934 surrealistic collage/novel,
Une Semaine de Bonté (
A Week of Kindness). Very impressed with the images, which he derived from Victorian era illustrations that he cut up and mixed together to create the following images:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIynupE7RQqm7kEw0U-cX9QdwbyPf4BjDQapwMbVPDW7d6E9TbA6YSXgX6pZ9M4VklHZTkGQ7tEZPJ5mRPI9CyV-wbloPG2CYtYcy4VQ641674g1Ntva3_Va-dm5U0m4ZqhPK/s400/ernst_1.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwFLIJaRLv-E02zFUEAV0-cQdWqU5E2E2FIf4pNHLfzNBGCjCV8ewiojGazPGW-zwz7dt1r0pOf94MfUvK7pfHpmvNj2dhAcxjyOZTTv8pxbMFGZd4cCvfqlEuqIRRqJEIUFr/s400/Ernst2.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwPl6yiC4FGM89zQmHqY-2fPD_3-iv4hF0UNuBB2xIbWEKn7-zyV3Bxo3rqXYY2dGJqrx7BUrrMk7rHhoP8EALvu1WqBIL5y6RR43PIA9KlfPMDW_s1mXceC7GEaMqQPcH6aK/s400/ernst+semaine+3.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz1K61Qn3-KkcdtJ7QcMfLPv4ihn392wk1spP2BQcnns7mM2E_6DDimSAgsytTTph6jrj_fdzbCwxFwXaGdvNuU01MuePQTYqck6WFxQI13r0fmifuOohlLLpjZMLjniSivFb/s400/Ernst4.jpg)
What are your impressions of these images or your thoughts on Ernst's work, if you're familiar with it?
4 comments:
I thought we came here to read what you think! :)
Pfft! :P
I enjoyed those images quite a bit, but since in this case the pictures probably would be worth more than a few thousand words, I thought I'd just bend things a bit and let others weigh in on the images rather than my words on the stories ;)
Great book! Did you read the Dover edition?
Yes. Was better each time I read it as well. Nice oversized edition that showcased the pieces well.
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