Surrealism Flashcards
When did it originate
Originated in the late 1910s and 1920s
What did the movement start as
Started as a literary movement that experimented with automatism
What movement did it follow and how did that influence it
Dada was a decade before - they were inspired by Dada’s clever and whimsical disregard for tradition
Main goal / interest of the style
interested in harnessing the subconscious and fuse the idea of dream and reality
fascinated by the bizarre and the irrational
The surrealist object: how is it related to Freud’s notion of the fetish
an ordinary object is fetishised because we project our desire onto it
the object itself is not as significant as the meaning that the human psyche prescribes it with
How do ‘low’ art and ‘high’ art relate to each other
merging of the two - mocking those who are clear about the distinction between them and who look down on low art
Despite sharing many characteristics, how does Surrealism differ from Dada
It was positive about what it explored rather than taking a nihilistic approach, i.e. an attitude that things are meaningless
Woman with her throat cut
Date, artist
1932
Alberto Giacometti
Pietà or Revolution by Night
date, artist
1923
Max Ernst
Fur Breakfast
date, artist
1936 Meret Oppenheim (female)
