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Đorđe Kostić
Đorđe Kostić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Костић; 1909-1995) was a Serbian writer, poet and linguist. As a young man, Đorđe was part of the Yugoslav Surrealist group. However, later in his life he took up a career in linguistics and was the Research Director of the Institute for Experimental Phonetics for many years. Biography Early life Đorđe Kostić was born in Ruma in 1909 into a Serbian clerical family. In 1927 he graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology and then spent a short period in Paris. Surrealism With Oskar Davičo and Đorđe Jovanović, Kostić published three volumes of the magazine ''Tragovi'' (Trails). He joined a group of like-minded friends, Oskar Davičo, Đorđe Jovanović, Aleksandar Vučo, Milan Dedinac, Mladen Dimitrijević, who participated in the Yugoslav Surrealist group led by Marko Ristić. In the early 1930s, he was one of the 13 key artists who signed the manifesto in the ''Almanac Nemoguće-L'Impossible'', where a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrealist
Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to leader André Breton, to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality", or ''surreality.'' It produced works of painting, writing, theatre, filmmaking, photography, and other media. Works of Surrealism feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and '' non sequitur''. However, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost (for instance, of the "pure psychic automatism" Breton speaks of in the first Surrealist Manifesto), with the works themselves being secondary, i.e. artifacts of surrealist experimentation. Leader Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was, above all, a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruma
Ruma (; hu, Árpatarló) is a town and municipality in the Srem District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the town has a population of 30,076, while the municipality has a population of 54,339. History Traces of organized human life on the territory of Ruma municipality date back as far as prehistory. The most important archaeological locality in the municipality is Bronze Age Gomolava near Hrtkovci, with two exclusive tombs of Bosut culture dating to the 9th century BC and 3000BC Vučedol culture pottery. The first known inhabitants of this area were various peoples of Illyrian and Celtic origin, such as the Amantini, Breuci, Scordisci, etc. During the Roman rule, local inhabitants lost their ethnic character and adopted Roman culture. There were no larger Roman settlements on the territory of Ruma, but a certain number of agricultural estates known as "villae rusticae" were located there. Migrations of Huns, Germanic peoples, Avars and Slavs des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Belgrade Faculty Of Philology
The Faculty of Philology is one of the constituent schools of the University of Belgrade. The school's purpose is to train and educate its students in the academic study or practice in linguistics and philology. History The study of philology was established in Belgrade within the Belgrade Higher School's Department of Philosophy in 1808. The Department of Philology gained independence from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in 1960. Many eminent international philologists contributed to the development of the Faculty of Philology, e.g. Russian Slavist Platon Kulikovsky, who was a visiting professor at the Higher School between 1877 and 1882, was the founder of Russian studies in Serbia; Englishman David Law started teaching English language and literature classes in 1907 and paved the way for the English Department (founded in 1929). Bruno Gujon from Italy worked at the Faculty from 1912 to 1914 and paved the way for Italian studies. During the post Second World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Davičo
Oskar Davičo ( sr-cyr, Оскар Давичо; 18 January 1909 — 30 September 1989) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian novelist and poet. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was one of the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writers, but also a revolutionary socialist activist and a politician. Davičo was awarded prestigious literary NIN Award a record three times. Biography Early life Oskar Davičo was born on 18 January 1909 in Šabac to a Jewish family. His father was an atheist Jewish accountant and a socialist. During World War I in Serbia, Šabac was the scene of heavy fighting, so the whole family moved temporarily to Negotin. Interwar period Davičo finished the elementary school and lower gymnasium Šabac, and then continued his education at the First Belgrade Gymnasium in Belgrade. Davičo started to write poetry while in gymnasium. He was expelled from the gymnasium in 6th grade for criticizing religion in a self-published magazine. He later graduated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đorđe Jovanović (writer)
Đorđe Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Јовановић; 27 October 1909 – 23 July 1943) was a Serbian literary critic and Surrealist poet and writer during the interwar period. Along with his two high school classmates, Oskar Davičo and Đorđe Kostić, Jovanović represented the younger generation of the Yugoslav Surrealist movement. Jovanović was often referred to by his nickname Jarac (billy goat). Early life Đorđe Jovanović was born on 27 October 1909 in Belgrade. He was the son of Jovan "Kalča" and Danka Jovanović. Đorđe's father was a colonel. Đorđe Jovanović became friends with his classmate and future co-author Đorđe Kostić around 1920, when they discussed the expulsion of a mutual classmate for spreading communist literature during Filip Filipović's mayoral campaign. The two initially bonded over their shared admiration for Miroslav Krleža and August Cesarec. Along with another classmate, Oskar Davičo, Kostić and Jovanović would go on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Ristić (surrealist)
Marko Ristić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ристић; 20 June 1902 – 20 July 1984) was a Serbian surrealist poet, writer, publicist and ambassador. Early life Marko Ristić was born on 20 June 1902 in Belgrade. He studied in Belgrade, Kruševac and Switzerland before graduating in Philosophy from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. In 1922, he started the literary magazine ''Putevi'' (Ways) with Milan Dedinac and Dušan Timotijević. His first literary text ''Praštanje'' (Forgiveness) was printed in the second issue. In the summer of 1924, Ristić collaborated with Miloš Crnjanski to publish three new issues of ''Putevi''. The magazine featured Dušan Matić's articles on psychoanalysis, André Breton's proto-Surrealist essays and experimental poetry. Interwar period and Surrealism In the early 1920s Dušan Matić was studying in Paris where he monitored Dadaist events. From there, he sent Ristić copies of the magazine ''Littérature'' published by Breton. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. The area was originally part of the manor of Eia and remained largely rural until the early 18th century. It became well known for the annual "May Fair" that took place from 1686 to 1764 in what is now Shepherd Market. Over the years, the fair grew increasingly downmarket and unpleasant, and it became a public nuisance. The Grosvenor family (who became Dukes of Westminster) acquired the land through marriage and began to develop it under the direction of Thomas Barlow. The work included Hanover Square, Berkeley Square and Grosvenor Square, which were surrounded by high-quality houses, and St George's Hanover Square Church. By the end of the 18th century, most of Mayfair was built on with upper-class housing; unlike some nearby areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Surrealist Exhibition
The International Surrealist Exhibition was held from 11 June to 4 July 1936 at the New Burlington Galleries, near Savile Row in London's Mayfair, England. Organisers The exhibition was organised by committees from England, France, Belgium, Scandinavia and Spain. The English organising committee consisted of: * Hugh Sykes Davies * David Gascoyne * Humphrey Jennings * McKnight Kauffer * Rupert Lee, Chairman * Diana Brinton Lee, Secretary * Henry Moore * Paul Nash * Roland Penrose, Honorary Treasurer * Herbert Read The French organising committee were: * André Breton * Paul Éluard * Georges Hugnet * Man Ray The remaining nations had a single committee representative: * E. L. T. Mesens, Belgium * Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen, Denmark * Salvador Dalí, Spain The number of exhibits, paintings, sculpture, objects and drawings displayed during the exhibition's run was around 390. Danish painter Wilhelm Freddie's entries never made it to the exhibition, as they were con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Burlington Galleries
The New Burlington Galleries was an art gallery at 5 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, London. From 11 June to 4 July 1936, they held the ''International Surrealist Exhibition'', the first full exhibition of surrealist art in the UK. From 7 June to 28 August 1938, the gallery showed ''Twentieth Century German Art'', the largest international response to the National Socialist campaign against so-called ‘degenerate art’. In October 1938, they exhibited Picasso's ''Guernica'' together with preparatory paintings and sketches to raise funds for the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief The National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief (NJCSR) was a British voluntary association formed at the end of 1936, intended to co-ordinate relief efforts to the victims of the Spanish Civil War. The NJCSR was to act as an umbrella organization, .... References Defunct art galleries in London {{coord missing, London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Butler Fry
Dennis Butler Fry (3 November 1907 – 21 March 1983) was a British linguist and Professor of Experimental Phonetics at University College London. Through experiments he conducted in the 1950s and 1960s, Fry demonstrated that lexical stress correlated with loudness, pitch, and length of the affected vowel. Books * Fry, D.B. (ed.) (1976). ''Acoustic phonetics: a course of basic readings''. Cambridge: CUP * Fry, D.B. (1977). ''Homo loquens: man as a talking animal''. Cambridge: CUP * Fry, D.B. (1979). ''The physics of speech''. Cambridge: CUP * Fry, D.B. and Kostić, Đ. (1939). ''A Serbo-Croat phonetic reader''. London: University of London Press * Whetnall, E. and Fry, D.B. (1964). ''The deaf child''. London: Heinemann * Whetnall, E. and Fry, D.B. (1970). ''Learning to hear''. London: Heinemann See also *Daniel Jones (phonetician) *A. C. Gimson Alfred Charles "Gim" Gimson (; 7 June 1917 – 22 April 1985) was an English phonetician. Life Gimson was educated at Emanuel Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
