2. Surreal = having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of
a dream; unreal
Ambiguous
Dream like quality
Based off of the unconscious mind
3. Stemmed from Dadaism, Romanticism and Avant-garde
movement
Triggered by post WW1 and disgust with Victorian era
Core ideas came from Freudian theory/Psychoanalysis
4. Unconscious factors contribute to waking
emotions/behavior
Id, Ego, Superego
Creates tension, guilt, urges, fantasies
Released by dream interpretation, free association, and
hypnosis
5. Automatism - The performance of actions without conscious
thought or intention
Focused more on feelings
More abstract
Veristic surrealism- art represented a specific truth or reality
Interpreted and studied
7. Andre Breton- Surrealist writer
Salvador Dali- Surrealist painter
Man Ray-Surrealist photographer
Rene Magritte- Surrealist painter
8. Officially started Surrealist movement in 1924
Manifesto of Surrealism
Influenced by early symbolist and philosophical painters
Founded International Exhibition of Surrealism in New
York
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11. Spanish Surrealist writer/artist, joined movement in 1929
Began painting at 6yrs
Emerged as the movements Most Recognizable
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14. Key figure in Belgian Movement through the 1920s
Paintings forced viewers to observe closely
Focused on realistic manner
“Put the real world on trial
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18. Development of surrealist art struck immeasurable
importance
Characterized as dark menacing empty town squares
paintings
Surrealist 1925
24. Feminist group largely against surrealist ideas
Depicted women as sexual symbols
Sigmund Freud was surprising critique
Believed the movement was hypocritical
and inaccurate
25. Collectively ended with death of Andre Breton (1966)
Small groups kept surrealism alive
Contributed to post modernism era
Surrealism expanded to many areas of the fine arts
