Friday, November 19, 2010

surrealism lecture 10/22

surrealism followed dadaism

Features:
less political

1899 " The Interpretation of Dreams"

Access to the subconscious mind

 new psychological theories of sigmund freud

early surreal artists some were dadaists
Max Ernst
Man Ray
 Jean Arp
Giorgio De Chirico
Salvadore Dali
Rene Magritte

similarities to dadaism

rebelling against middle class that they were part of
trying to tap into the subconscious thoughts and was a core idea part of surrealism
cubism way to "junk up"
more about personal fantasy than shared mythology.

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