Surrealism Flashcards
Where did Surrealism flourish between world war one and two?
Europe
What was Surrealism a movement in?
Visual arts and literature
Which movement did Surrealism principally grow out of?
The Dada movement
What did the Dada movement produce
Before WWI it produced works of anti-art that deliberately defied reason
What was Surrealism’s emphasis on?
Not on negotiation but positive expression
What was Surrealism a mean of reuniting?
Conscious and unconscious realms of experience so completely that the world of dream and fantasy would be joined to the everyday rational world in the “absolute reality, a surreality”
Who did drawing theories adapted heavily rely on?
Sigmund Freud
What did Surrealism provide a major alternative to?
To the contemporary, highly formalistic Cubist movement and was largely responsible for perpetuating in modern painting the traditional emphasis on content.
Name a few major Surrealist artists?
Joan Miro, Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dali etc.
