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Question 0

Explain the use of randomness by dadaists when creating their artworks.

Answer 0

Artworks should be true to the randomness of nature, and oppose the rationally imposed order of reason

Question 1

What is the name of the club the dadaists met and in what city was it located in, and in what year was it founded?

Answer 1

Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, founded in 1916

Question 2

How did the cubist works of Picasso and Braque influnce the dadaists?

Answer 2

Papier collé, lowly materials

Question 3

What did Kurt Schwitters achieve with his use of materials in his work?

Answer 3

He united fine art with the real world by using trash

Question 4

Name and describe Kurt Schwitters most important work of art and why.

Answer 4

Merzbau, installation room, scrsp heap grotto, influenced installation art

Question 5

Explain Duchamp’s importance to the origin of Dada

Answer 5

He and Pucabia were Daddy of Dada, and had already flirtef with the absurd. Anti-retinal art, he didnt want to stimulate our eyes, it was our minds he was after

Question 6

Describe the importance of Jacob Riis and why

Answer 6

Social Reform, How the other half lives, photography

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