Thursday, 13 March 2014

Visual Culture: 7: 1920s in Europe and Russia: Surrealism and sexuality


Surrealism

• Cultural movement that began in early 1920s
• developed from the Dada movement in world war 1 in paris
• famous for visual art
• Aim: Resolve the previously contradictory conditions of a dream and reality
• Paintings were unnerving and illogical
• Contain elements of surprise
• Andre Breton claimed the movement was revolutionary
• 1920+ the movement affected visual art, literature, film and music, as well as political thought, philosophy and social theory


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