Bøger af Desmond Morris

I den gennemillustrerede Surrealisternes liv, med portrætter af kunstnerne og deres kendte kunstværker, giver Desmond Morris et personligt, rørende, humoristisk og først og fremmest vidende portræt af de 32 mest fremtrædende kunstnere i den surrealistiske kreds omkring André Breton i 20’erne, 30’erneog 40’erne. Wilhelm Freddie, Dalí, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp og Magritte er bare nogen af de kunstnere, som bliver portrætteret i bogen – en helt forrygende samling kunstnere, som var forenet om det samme projekt … at gøre hverdagen og kunsten lidt mere surrealistisk.Surrealismens kunst bliver mere og mere populær i disse år, og tusindvis af museumsgæster flokkes til udstillinger om Dalí, Magritte, Francis Bacon og Picasso. De syrede og smukke værker, som ofte har drømmeagtige landskaber, mærkelige væsener og bizarre sammensætninger, sælges for rekordbeløb verden over, og surrealismen indeholder formodentligt den mest intense samling kunstnere nogensinde i én isme.Kunstnere, der laver så syret kunst, har ofte en syret personlighed, og en stor del af bogen beskriver også surrealisternes outrerede seksuelle tilbøjeligheder, mærkelige happenings og generelt pudsige indfald. Surrealisternes liv – en meget, meget underholdende bog.

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war.

A lavishly illustrated revised edition of the '70s cult book, updated by the author and with a bold new design and contemporary images.

A biographical survey of the principal Surrealists by one of the last surviving members of the movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris, who knew many of the key participants personally.

This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.

Desmond Morris combines his skills as a zoologist and manwatcher to take a close look at the most remarkable life-form ever to draw breath on this planet - the human baby. In a revealing portrait of life from the baby's point of view, Desmond Morris answers the questions that parents ask: How important is a mother to her baby?

A natural and cultural history of the 'perfect predator' - the leopard - and its depiction in literature, art, film, advertising and popular culture.

A concise compendium of the lives and work of the 101 most significant Surrealists by one of the last surviving members of the movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris, who knew several of the key participants personally.Featuring 101 Surrealist artists, including the famous - Duchamp, Dali, Magritte, Miro, Carrington, Kahlo, Picabia and Ernst - and the neglected - Mesens, Rimmington, Sage, Fini, Bellmer, Colquhoun and Gonzalez - the book draws on the author's personal knowledge of the Surrealists, capturing in concise form their life histories, idiosyncrasies and often-complex love lives. The arts of Surrealism were both spectacular and international, shaped by the darkest, most irrational workings of the unconscious. Shocking, witty and always entertaining, Morris's tales illuminate the striking variation in approaches to the Surrealist philosophy, both in the artists' work and in their lives. This book complements Morris's earlier biographical volumes by encapsulating each artist in completely new short texts that convey with immediacy the impact and significance of each of the artists featured.

Desmond may have given me an insight into human behaviour, but he's given me lots of laughs, too. We think the same things are funny, and he's a brilliant raconteur. --Sir David Attenborough This is a book about the joys of watching the world. >Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years.In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever.An accomplished artist, TV presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.

Internationally bestselling author and world-famous human behaviorist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the female form, taking the reader on a guided tour of the female body from head to toe. Highlighting the evolutionary functions of various physiological traits, Morris's study explores the various forms of enhancement and constraint that human societies have developed in the quest for the perfect female form. This is very much vintage Desmond Morris, delivered in his trademark voice: direct, clear, focused, and communicating what is often complex detail in simple language. In THE NAKED WOMAN, Desmond builds on his unrivalled experience as an observer of the human animal while tackling one of his most fascinating and challenging subjects to date.

The lives, loves, and works of key British Surrealists revealed by one of the last surviving members of this movement, best-selling author and artist Desmond Morris.

The owls are not what they seem. From ancient Babylon to Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Wol from Winnie the Pooh to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, owls have woven themselves into the fabric of human culture from earliest times. This book explores the natural and cultural history of owls.

This copiously illustrated work by the ever-provocative Morris is a pioneering and lively exploration of the importance of body language in how people understand art.

The first book to bring together the many different everyday gestures that are used all over the world. The result is a fascinating reference book of over 600 different gestures from Europe, the Middle East, North & South America and the Far East.

One of the best chronicles of human intimacy--from the handshake through the twelve stages that people pass through on their way to the total sexual embrace.

How intelligent are horses? In addition to examining details of behavior, Dr Morris considers such questions as why horseshoes bring good luck, why we don't eat horses, why jockeys are allowed to whip their mounts and why we call a bad dream a nightmare.

Desmond Morris considers the cat in myth and history, and answers questions he received from cat owners after the publication of the internationally best-selling Catwatching.

First published in 1970, Patterns of Reproductive Behaviour: Collected Papers is a collection of some of Desmond Morris's finest essays on reproductive behaviour. It is evidence of how, and why, Morris has been instrumental in shaping the science of human behaviour.

A new title by best-selling author, zoologist, and former television presenter Desmond Morris, Bison is a natural and cultural history of the bison, an iconic animal of the Great Plains of America.

In this book, Desmond Morris explores our modern, more uneasy relationship with the monkey, which has come to represent the 'primitive', destructive aspects of our own nature.

Peoplewatching is the culmination of a career of watching people - their behaviour and habits, their personalities and their quirks. Desmond Morris shows us how people, consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and innermost feelings with their bodies and actions, often more powerfully than with their words.

En smukt illustreret bog af kvindens former og udtryk.Kvindekroppen er det brillante slutprodukt af millioner af års evolution. Den er fyldt med forbløffende tilpasninger og underfundige detaljer. Det er den mest bemærkelsesværdige organisme på planeten.På forskellige tidspunkter har samfundene forsøgt at ændre og forskønne kvindekroppen på tusinde forskellige måder. I denne nye undersøgelse vender menneskeobservatøren Desmond Morris sine evner og opmærksomhed mod kvindekroppen og tager læseren på en guidet tur fra top til tå. Desmond Morris udforsker de forskellige måder til forbedringer og begrænsninger, som forskellige samfund har udviklet i deres søgen efter kontrol og perfektionering af kvindekroppen.Et af tidens klassiske værker om kvindekroppen, som her er begået af den internationalt anerkendte forfatter Desmond Morris. Udgivet på dansk ved Paludans forlag.